“Who the hell cares who some rich bastard in NYC votes for last time around. Their electoral votes are already long lost.”
This is a money issue. McCain was outspent $228m to $741m by Obama. More money means more airtime to hammer home your message to voters. McCain made a major mistake in deciding to go with public financing:
“Arizona Senator McCain, unlike Obama, accepted $84.1 million in public financing for the general election, a decision that barred him from raising money privately. Obama outspent him by a 4-to-1 margin from Sept. 1 through Nov. 24, FEC records show.”
This was against a seriously charismatic candidate. Whatever McCain’s virtues, the guy was a lousy strategist - to win against a good campaigner, you need to outspend him if possible, not spend 1/4 of what he does.
Yep, this is true about the money. I am still not sure what ‘virtues’ McCain had :) Still trying to figure that one out. We somehow gave the nomination to the biggest rival of Bush in our party, and he subsequently got destroyed by being identified as Bush’s third term. He is an incompetent boob.
I don’t forsee money issues this time, especially if Perry runs and brings the Texas money with him.
Yep, this is true about the money. I am still not sure what ‘virtues’ McCain had :) Still trying to figure that one out. We somehow gave the nomination to the biggest rival of Bush in our party, and he subsequently got destroyed by being identified as Bush’s third term. He is an incompetent boob.
I don’t foresee money issues this time, especially if Perry runs and brings the Texas money with him.
Mclame had so many major mistakes, it has to make one wonder where they intentional.
We will have mc2 with mutt.
Nobody ever claimed McCain was smart. He's had ample opportunity to prove otherwise.
I'm not so sure I agree. It's hard to vote for someone who keeps stating that his opponent would make a good president. McCain threw the election.