Posted on 10/14/2008 1:03:59 PM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach
Washington
Now, it’s all about the seniors. In a presidential race that is marching daily – but not irreversibly – toward the election of Democrat Barack Obama, Republican John McCain unveiled proposals Tuesday aimed foremost at benefiting older Americans hit hard by the gyrations of the stock market.
Seniors represent a critical voting bloc in states that Senator McCain has to hold onto to win the election – including Florida, Ohio, and Indiana – and that have been moving toward Senator Obama. Senior citizens are also crucial in blue states such as Wisconsin and Pennsylvania, where Obama now has double-digit leads and which McCain has worked hard to sway. He announced what he calls his Pension and Family Security Plan at an event in Blue Bell, Pa.
The plan includes a reduction of the tax rate on withdrawals from IRAs and 401(k)s to 10 percent. McCain also repeated his proposal to suspend tax rules that require seniors to begin selling off equities when they reach age 70 1/2. Obama announced his own economic plan on Monday, including tax credits for job creation and a moratorium on home foreclosures. But it is McCain who needs a dramatic shift in momentum, and his emphasis on seniors is telling: These are voters that McCain should be winning handily, and any sense that they may be drifting away from him is a warning sign.
“The bulk of the media’s attention has been on younger voters, not older; but older are the high turnout voters,” says Susan MacManus, a political scientist at the University of South Florida in Tampa. “Some feel like their concerns have not been addressed by the candidates.”
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The only way I see McCain losing is if...he loses some of the older vote. I doubt Obama will absorb McCain’s loses...but McCain definitely needs to emphasize the concerns of the near retired.
As long as he makes himself heard.
Obama has ACORN’s voters and McCain has voters with a corn.
Another priceless gem!!!
I feel like this county is on the edge of a very high cliff. If Obama is elected it is over. 200 plus years of the American idea are over. No longer will we be able to hold our heads high and be proud as a nation. Within a few years of Obama being elected we will be sneaking over the Mexican border to look for work. I bet the Mexican’s will not take long to build a fence. So much that was good about this country will be gone. There will be no incentive to better yourself. We have so demonized success and wealth that no one would dare to do more than what is necessary to ensure the all mighty government continues to send them their slice of government cheese. I am glad I was born early enough to enjoy at least some of the greatest this nation once represented. It is just so sad to see it end in my lifetime and to know that my grandchildren will grow up in a third would country rather that the nation that was once the envy of the world. I guess this is what you get when you let socialist slip in under the door and infiltrate your education and political system.
But Obama has little old ladies committing assault and battery when caught fudging someone else’s ballot...how can McCain compete with that? That presser on voter fraud today was AWFUL. It was delivered AT LENGTH in droning bad grammer on 45 speed. Who the he!! can stay awake through that?
At 75 I’m voting for the Babe, what ever her name is...
Glad I am not a finger nail bitter. I would be typing with only nubs, or bloody stumps at this point.
Thanks E.
McCain’s Economic Proposals ( outlined in Pennsylvania today)
RealClearPolitics | October 14, 2008 | BLAKE DVORAK
Posted on 10/14/2008 9:45:05 AM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2105346/posts
Internet use ‘good for the brain’ ( Freep away Seniors!!!)
BBC | Tuesday, 14 October 2008 16:00 UK | BBC Staff
Posted on 10/14/2008 12:49:12 PM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2105498/posts
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