[Eva]

You know, a lot of the Obama voters are saying that Hillary too old, well what do you think that they are going to say about McCain? The Obama people weren’t even born during Vietnam.

The only Republican candidate that had any chance of winning those voters was Giuliani because the younger voters saw him in action during 9/11.

[JasonC]

McCain has polled better in head to head matchups against either Dem for well over a year, and today he beats Hillary by five points including all the key states (Ohio e.g., also Colorado, New Mexico, Nevada) while trailing Obama by five. The reason is simple - he is between five and ten points to Bush's left, and so is the electorate. He might well still lose, but he is more competitive precisely because he is a lower "bid", and there are plenty of moderates nationwide who aren't willing to go all the way to pacifism on the war, and that is what the Dems offer there.