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No cavalry coming for McCain
Politico ^ | October 22, 2008 | Jonathan Martion

Posted on 10/22/2008 8:17:17 AM PDT by Mr Fuji

For the GOP, the cavalry apparently isn’t coming.

Republicans attuned to conservative third-party efforts say that with less than two weeks to go until Election Day, the prospects for any 11th-hour, anti-Obama ad campaign are highly unlikely.

Many in the party, including inside the McCain campaign, have held out hope that a deep-pocketed benefactor would emerge to bankroll ads in the campaign’s final days – spots that might, for example, resurrect the most incendiary clips from the Rev. Jeremiah Wright.

But thanks largely to lack of passion for McCain within the conservative base, diminished hopes that he can win and a sharp decline in the stock market that has badly pinched donors’ pockets, veteran Republican operatives say it appears almost certain that what could be the most damaging line of attack against the Democratic nominee will be left on the shelf.

“It’s October 21st, and if you can’t say it by October 21st, then chances are you’re not going to say anything,” said Chris LaCivita, the strategist behind the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth in 2004. LaCivita has been working for a new conservative third-party group this year, the American Issues Project.

(Excerpt) Read more at politico.com ...


TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2008; 527groups; ads; calvary; election; leftwingconspiracy; liberalcommentary; mccain; mccainpalin08; obama
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1 posted on 10/22/2008 8:17:18 AM PDT by Mr Fuji
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To: Mr Fuji

Where is the NRA?! Got to think some of these 527s are hosing us donors, promising ad buys that they aren’t actually doing. Class-action lawsuit?


2 posted on 10/22/2008 8:18:34 AM PDT by Thane_Banquo (I'm not against 0bama because he's black. I'm against 0bama because he's red.)
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To: Mr Fuji
Oh yes there is. Watch and wait and see.





YES TO MCCAIN-PALIN '08 FOR AMERICA





SARAH PALIN DRAWING HUGE CROWDS ALL ACROSS AMERICA







http://www.jeffhead.com/joeplumber.htm


3 posted on 10/22/2008 8:18:54 AM PDT by Jeff Head (Freedom is not free...never has been, never will be. (www.dragonsfuryseries.com))
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To: Mr Fuji

The end is nigh /s


4 posted on 10/22/2008 8:18:54 AM PDT by dubie
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To: Mr Fuji

sad, you would think some folks out there would be a little nervous about their futures with an Obama, Pelisi, Reid agenda.


5 posted on 10/22/2008 8:19:06 AM PDT by ilgipper
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To: Mr Fuji

I guess Politico wants to leave no doubt that they are a full member of the liberal media


6 posted on 10/22/2008 8:20:02 AM PDT by 1Old Pro
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To: Mr Fuji

More attempts at demoralization! They’re scared to death.


7 posted on 10/22/2008 8:20:33 AM PDT by pray4liberty (Watch, pray, and work. This election will separate the sheep from the goats.)
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To: Thane_Banquo

Good lord, the NRA has been running ads in VA since September.


8 posted on 10/22/2008 8:20:48 AM PDT by Perdogg (Raila Amollo Odinga - community organizer)
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To: Mr Fuji

Pipedreamin’from Politico.


9 posted on 10/22/2008 8:21:11 AM PDT by nhwingut (,)
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To: Mr Fuji

;) Why is Ed Rendell pleading for Obama to come to Pennsylvania? Could it be that Jack Murtha tossed the state away for good? It wasn’t in great shape to begin with, what with the bitter, clinging to their guns and religion comment in San Francisco.

Governor Palin’s campaigning on that latter point resonated.

Joe the Plumber resonated. The media bashing of Joe the Plumber backfired on Team Obama.

Jack Murtha’s intolerance backfired on Team Obama.

What the campaigns see and what we see are disparate things.


10 posted on 10/22/2008 8:21:18 AM PDT by saveliberty (Prayer blizzard for the Snow family. Tony was a blessing unto us all. We will miss him.)
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I’m not exactly sure what the rules are for this, but couldn’t Cindy kick in a few million from the family fortune? Mitt put in $40 million of his own money in the primary. Or is it too late in the game for that?


11 posted on 10/22/2008 8:21:37 AM PDT by Joann37
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I note that the story mentions the word “Palin” only once, in passing.

The enthusiasm for Sarah is enormous, but the author can’t mention it because it doesn’t fit his agenda.


12 posted on 10/22/2008 8:21:54 AM PDT by denydenydeny ("[Obama acts] as if the very idea of permanent truth is passe, a form of bad taste"-Shelby Steele)
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To: Joann37

Why would Romney help McCain?

If McCain had of attacked 0bama with the zeal he attacked Romney, then maybe we wouldn’t be in this mess.


13 posted on 10/22/2008 8:23:30 AM PDT by Boiling Pots (Get off your ass and do something...Print signs and post them around town)
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To: Mr Fuji
Politico has been putting itself forward as an alternative to AP to newspapers that have dropped or considering dropping AP. AP may be biased, but Politico is even more biased, and unapologetically so. And they're finding takers.
14 posted on 10/22/2008 8:23:34 AM PDT by Loyalist (Tory! Tory! Tory!)
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To: Mr Fuji

It’s not over til the voters sing.....


15 posted on 10/22/2008 8:24:14 AM PDT by AngelesCrestHighway
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To: Boiling Pots

rofl, good point.


16 posted on 10/22/2008 8:24:31 AM PDT by DrHannibalLecter
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To: Mr Fuji

Welcome to FR.


17 posted on 10/22/2008 8:25:25 AM PDT by Obadiah (Vote for Obama so he can spread your wealth!)
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To: saveliberty

“Why is Ed Rendell pleading for Obama to come to Pennsylvania? Could it be that Jack Murtha tossed the state away for good? “

Not to worry Ed, Democrats are retarded. Just as the morons in Cleveland keep electing Kucinich, the folks in PA will continue to vote for Murtha and will vote Obama.

I have never had a lower opinion of my fellow Americans.


18 posted on 10/22/2008 8:26:02 AM PDT by brownsfan (Algore makes P.T. Barnum look like a piker.)
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To: ilgipper
sad, you would think some folks out there would be a little nervous about their futures with an Obama, Pelisi, Reid agenda.

Most of the sheeple don't think that far ahead and are too wrapped up in themselves to even notice what is going on with the Country. Their main source of information is MTV or NPR (if they want to pretend to be highbrow) but they can't assimilate the effect of action / reaction. The result is that when the left comes up with a "catchphrase" they pick it up and parrot it without even thinking about whether it is truthful or correct.

19 posted on 10/22/2008 8:26:11 AM PDT by The Sons of Liberty (Just your average "Whitey" - clinging to my guns and religion!)
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To: Perdogg

I have not seen a single one here in Northern VA.


20 posted on 10/22/2008 8:27:03 AM PDT by frankiep (Every socialist is a disguised dictator - Ludwig von Mises)
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