If he were running to the right he would have thrown red meat about the following:
1) Franklin Raines, Jamie Gorelick, Barney Frank, Rohm Emmanuel and their ties to Fannie and Freddie;
2) Tying Obama to Pelosi/Reid;
3) "No child left Alive" in Illinois;
4) Obama's plans to cut the military and start a civilian force as well funded as the military:
5) William Ayers;
6) Obama's missing years at Columbia;
7) Reverend "God D#mn America" Wright;
8) Obama's VAST inexperience to lead the ticket OR the country;
9) Obama's ties to Rezko;
10) Obama's attendance at Muslim schools in his youth and his quote about the beauty of the Muslim declaration of faith;
11) his gaffe to Stephanopouos about "my Muslim faith");
12) The unspeakable trashing of Sarah Palin and her family;
13) Obama's plans for drastic cuts in nuclear weapons;
14) His overt socialism;
15) Tying Obama to the subprime mess and bailout (3rd most $$ from lobbyists)
16) The Thug tactics used during the Dem caucuses.
17) The Birth Certificate
...none of which featured prominently from McCain at all.
Nice try, though.
The people who didn’t vote for McCain/Palin weren’t interested in red meat. They did throw some around with Palin doing the most of it. It didn’t work.