John McCain Making All The Wrong Moves
According to a new LA Times-Bloomberg poll, Barack Obama is way ahead of John McCain among registered voters.
In a head-to-head matchup Obama leads McCain 49% to 37%. Factoring Libertarian candidate Bob Barr and Independent Ralph Nader into the race, Obama leads McCain 48% to 33%.
Of course, it is still early with over four months left to go and things will change. Unless McCain gets into gear pointing out Barack Obama’s weaknesses and hypocrisy, he is going to lose. There is no doubt about it that McCain will not win this race by playing the nice guy. There is a lot of ammunition McCain could use to point out that Obama is not who he and his liberal journalist backers say he is. McCain should seize on this now instead of letting Obama gain momentum.
McCain probably thought that his decision to use public financing when Barack Obama went back on his word would give him an advantage. But it didn’t. Most people couldn’t care less. They may say they want a clean race, the truth is they want to know why they should choose one candidate over the other. Refusing to criticize your candidate because you want to play the nice guy or you are afraid of charges of racism isn’t going to give the voters what they need to vote your way.
John McCain is like a stale fart that just won’t go away. He should have learned his lesson in 2000. Instead, he had to get back into this race and muck up Mitt Romney’s chance. That’s not to say that McCain isn’t qualified to be president, because he surely is. In fact, McCain is probably one of the most qualified people to ever run for the office. But people aren’t looking for qualifications. They are looking for a reason to rally behind someone. McCain is offering nothing.
In this election I will not be voting for John McCain because I support him. I will be voting for him because I know how dangerous, inexperienced, and unknown Obama truly is.