McCain supporters hopeful for New York

Business First of Buffalo ^ | July 1, 2008 | James Fink

[Berlin_Freeper]

Despite New York's political reputation as Democratic stronghold, the head of Sen. John McCain's Empire State presidential campaign team believes the Arizona Republican can win the state, including Upstate and Western New York.

Edward Cox, a partner in the New York law firm of Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler and son-in-law of former President Nixon, made that prediction during a meeting at Business First.

[Berlin_Freeper]

McCain could win New York.

[GunRunner]

Not a chance.

[dfwgator]

And monkeys could fly out of my butt.

[avacado]

I’d like to see McCain take California. There’s a lot of red in that state.

ELECTION 2004 by county:
http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2004/pages/results/states/CA/P/00/index.html

[Jeff Chandler]

Obama’s going to have a tough time with the Jewish vote.

[TNCMAXQ]

I suspect Obama could be caught on tape kicking puppies and he would still take CA and NY, and pick up at least 45% nationally.

[B Knotts]

People will ridicule this, but it is actually possible for various reasons, some of which are ethnic and cultural. There are a number of Hillary supporters who are seriously ticked off, and there is a strong racial divide that has emerged in the Democrat party.

Geraldine Ferraro, on Fox News today, sounded an awful lot like a McCain supporter, despite her weak protestations to the contrary.

McCain has always appealed to the wishy-washy as well, and they make up a significant portion of the electorate, especially in the Northeast.

[Non-Sequitur]

McCain could win New York.

Only if the Space Alien from Weekly World News endorses him. I know that the paper folded but I assume the Space Alien is still around somewhere. And getting Bat Boy's endorsement might help in the Ithica area.

[Patrick1]

McCain will not have the money to blow in lost causes like New York. He needs to concentrate on Pennsylvania and Michigan, those are winnable.

[Sooth2222]

Unlikely but possible. Do New Yorkers usually buy their load of home heating oil before or after November 4?

NYMEX wholesale heating oil for November delivery was $4.0620/gallon today. If New Yorkers like buying 15 gallons of gasoline at these prices, they're gonna love filling a 300 gallon tank during the heating oil season! (And "We can't drill our way out of this.")

[Miss Didi]

I chatted with a lovely woman sporting a large McCain button on the Upper East Side yesterday...you never know. ;)

[Sacajaweau]

Lieberman will help McCain....

Obama's Muslim background...well, it ain't gonna help Obama.

[Question_Assumptions]

Here's the strategy he should follow. Advertize in Philedelphia and New York. Philadelphia will cover Southeastern PA and South Jersey. New York will cover North Jersey, southern New York, and Connecticut. Send Lieberman into Connecticut, New York City, and New Jersey. At worst, McCain will force Obama to spend time and money on those states and it will help with the Pennsylvania effort. At best, he might pry one or two of those states from Obama and the presence in New York City will also likely make the evening news programs and morning shows that are based out of New York City. For those who think that's impossible, there have been polls showing McCain and Obama essentially tied in New Jersey and New York and Lieberman was able to win Connecticut as an independent.

[MadHatChemist]

McCain would be a fool to spend what little money he has on NY.

[proudpapa]

Do yah think?

[FredZarguna]

The head of Sen. John McCain's Empire State presidential campaign team believes the Arizona Republican can win the state, including Upstate and Western New York.

If he doesn't win Upstate and Western New York, he isn't going to win anywhere. He can only win enough votes in the City to have a chance if he wins over a significant number of union voters (not going to happen) or Jewish voters (not going to happen.)

You're money is going to be limited, John. Please don't waste it on New York or California. Bush lost PA by only 75,000 votes, he lost NY by almost twenty times that margin. You've got lots of Bitter Clingers in PA. If you win PA, OH, and WV, He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Middle-Named will have a VERY hard time winning the Electoral College. NY is a pipe dream. Don't let your ego and bad advice from your NY campaign lead you astray. There's NO WAY you can win the Empire State.

[RJL]

Despite New York's political reputation as Democratic stronghold, the head of Sen. John McCain's Empire State presidential campaign team believes the Arizona Republican can win the state...

Liberals do well in New York, McCain should do very well there.

[johnthebaptistmoore]

McCain truly does have a chance of routing Obama on November 4, but McCain seems to run like he WANTS to lose. McCain could be cleaning Obama’s clock if he would truly stop being such a wuss and actually fight, fight, FIGHT! I would rather have a “do over” on the Republican side, because McCain is truly the worst Republican Presidential candidate in my lifetime.

[Gumdrop]

Interesting since Ed Cox is the son-in-law of Richard Nixon - being married to Trisha Nixon. Didn’t Julie Nixon Eisenhower come out for Obama? She must have been on hallucinogens when she did that.

[goldstategop]

Not going to happen. Too many brain dead libs in New York City. The state hasn't gone for a GOP presidential candidate since 1984.

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