McCain is a Lousy Candidate. He Will Be Clobbered in November

[babylonsister]

Paul Abrams
McCain is a Lousy Candidate. He Will Be Clobbered in November

Posted May 3, 2008 | 02:42 PM (EST)


The conventional wisdom that John McCain's remarkable powers of resurrection that captured the Republican nomination and that current polls showing him outperforming the generic Republican in a race with Obama or Hillary means that he will be a formidable general election candidate is false. He will get clobbered.

It is already apparent that John McCain will not fare well in the glare of a one-on-one general election campaign against an opponent with a cogent alternative to the disastrous policies of the last 8 years.

In order to keep McCain in the game, the mainstream media---McCain's 'base'---will not jump on him for repeated inconsistencies, gaffes and just plain stupidity. But, this is a new era, with online newspapers, blogs, citizen reporters, YouTube.

Even outside the glare of one-on-one that he now enjoys, McCain has already experienced many instances of being completely wrong (the factions in Iraq), tone deaf (response to the housing crisis), or mired in the past (another 'free-market' fix to health care). Coupled with his age, even the media will not be able to create confidence in the American people that McCain is their future. And, once in the glare of the public spotlight, he will no longer be able to hide.

For ratings purposes the MSM wants to create the myth of a close race. They want viewers without doing any work or analysis that costs money.

The conventional wisdom is superficial, at best.

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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/paul-abrams/mccain-is-a-lousy-candida_b_99973.html

[SmokingJacket]

1. Normally I would agree.

But since we've had 8 years of Bush, it's clear that the worst candidate thinkable can win.

[bemildred]

2. A Republican Hubert Humphrey, is what McCain is. nt

[Mojambo]

3. He may be a lousy candidate, but he's got a powerful organization behind him

Corporate America has quite a bit of pull.

[DFW]

4. Here's a McCain song McCain WON'T like

http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=286361461

Go to the box at the right and click on the song of the candidate you want (or don't)
McCain could be embalmed and run photoshopped ads with soundtracks, and he'd still
get 45% of the vote. That's why eliminating Republican-programmed voting machines
must be eliminated.

[AlinPA]

5. God, Guns, Gays, Flags. Those republican "issues" will make it close.

[stray cat]

6. We the people will beat ourselves as will the democratic party

[Rosemary2205]

7. If he keeps accidentally telling the truth on the Pukes they'll be dead for decades.

Go Grandpa go!!

[babylonsister]

8. Amen! He's making so many mistakes; if we had an honest

media, everyone would know about it. This endless primary isn't helping either.

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

9. Yeah, and Dumbya is a lying, moronic, scumbag.........

.......and we still can't rid of him.