John McCain is behind Barack Obama in preparations for the upcoming debate. McCain has been sitting back while Obama speaks at large, heavily media covered rallies in "key swing states."
The McCain camp has been planning a new offensive against Obama, which targets his "associations" in Chicago. Already, however, the Democrats have released a quick counter attack in the form of a TV add that accuses McCain of distracting voters from the economic crisis and being "erratic" in the bailout agreements.
Democrats also say that because Obama's associations are being attacked, this will label the associations of both McCain and Palin as "fair game."
The bailout has seemed to have a negative effect on the McCain campaign as well. However, the bailout has appeared to have the opposite effect for Sen. Obama. Polls take since the bailout negotiations have shown large leads for Obama in the swing states.
McCain needs to step it up within the few remaining weeks if he wants to win this election.
Sunday, October 5, 2008
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I was watching one of the news stations late last night and they had a special on Obama's association with "radicals." This was the first I had heard anything on the subject; however the issue was brought up early in Obama's campaign. I question Obama's association with radicals; however one of his responses to the issue in the Democratic primaries seemed suspicious. I believe the Democratic party would not have allowed Obama to become their representative if he had ties to radicals. At this point, I chose not to believe these allegations; however I will not dismiss them.
I agree that McCain does need to step it up if he wants to win the election. He is slipping in the polls; yet at the same time, it seems he is also slipping on his determination to win by pulling out of Michigan and attacking Obama on things not pertaining to the issues. He needs to bring his focus back and begin better explaining to America why he is the only candidate for President.
not only that maccain has to step up his game, lately all we've been hearing on the news is either one of them attacking the other which has become redicouls .. especially where on the count down of the elections day!!!!
The attacks on one another is getting out of control. Every commercial or advertisement I see involves one of the candidates criticizing the other. McCain is much worse than Obama when it comes to criticizing. McCain should realize that strategy is not working for him as he continues to drop in every poll.
This proves the functions of political campaign in that it meets the public's expectation of drama and heated debates. The candidates have to resort to every means to increase their voter base in order to win the election. Obama's stand on issues like economic crisis and his aim at achieving support of the middle class help him gain greater popularity among the electorate.
I agree, the ads are ridiculous, especially McCain’s. They are aimed at distracting people and making them lose their focus on the real issues. I do hope though, people are paying more atten-tion to the debates, rather than the ads.
Today Obama and McCain will have their second debate, and hopefully that will shift the atten-tion back to presenting solutions and giving us some more information. I think the expectations for how Obama is going to perform are high, and this might hurt him. But I believe that whoever does a better job at Adding Agenda is going to win the debate
I agree that John McCain needs to do something, if he wants to win the election. But at the same time, I hope he doesnt step anything up, because who really wants him to be the president?!?!? Not me, thats for sure!
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