1] Obama is appealing to the younger voters.
2] Obama is actually bringing them in to vote.
In the states where Obama has won or come close, the number of people voting is nearly double that in 04.
3] Obama is running on ‘change’ from the old Washington establishment. The Clintons are perceived as part of the old Washington establishment. Clinton is having a difficult time selling herself to the voters.
4] Obama is a youthful candidate who continues a positive message.
Those are also messages the Republicans should heed: The Republican leadership and MSM are trying to re-annoint John McCain.
1] McCain does not appeal to the younger voters. [Recall 1996.]
2] McCain is not bringing large numbers of new voter. McCain is having a difficult time even holding on to the conservative base. He and the Republican leadership hope the conservatives will have nowhere else to go and will vote for McCain anyway. [Recall 1996.]
3] McCain is Washington establishment. The voters are screaming for change from the Washington establishment. The Republican leadership, who are Washington establishment, are pushing McCain, who is Washington establishment. [Recall 1996.]
4] McCain is old. Even with many of the party faithful, McCain’s age is a factor. McCain is old. McCain’s ideas are old. McCain’s policies are old. McCain is Washington establishment.
The Republican leadership are as tone deaf on the current mood of the voters as they were on amnesty for illegals, because they want to maintain the Washington establishment. If they can get McCain elected, it is business as usual, open borders, amnesty for illegals, status quo, and proof they can stick their middle finger at the conservatives (who don’t have anywhere else to go) and still get their votes. And life in the Washington establishment goes on.
If the establishment Republicans manage to get McCain to head the ticket in November, look a repeat of 1996. Either Clinton or Obama will
You can say that again! This walking anachronism as any sort of 'Agent of Change'? Don't think this will sell and the MSM knows it, which makes it perfectly understandable that they would keep trying to force him down our throats. IMO he will be chewed up by any Dem nominee a la' Dole.
Yup. Hillary is clearly the establishment candidate on the Dems side. The GOP can’t counter with an establishment candidate of their own.
4] Obama is a youthful candidate who continues a positive message.
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Caroline Kennedy has introduced the Kennedy ‘resemblance’ to potential voters.
Let us hope that endorsement does not mean anything to voters born after 1963. Obama was born in 1961. Kennedy’s son substitute in the mind of hardcore dem C K Schlossberg?