I used to really like McCain, before he ruined his campaign by rallying his own party and forgetting that the people he REALLY needs to impress are the Independents, who aren't too impressed by the Republican Rhetoric.
Yeah, I get the feeling that the Republican base is generally going to vote Republican no matter who the candidate is, because their other options are voting for a Democrat or a third-party candidate. Of course, trying to win over independent voters can be difficult, because they could be independent for very different reasons. Some fall in the middle, or like and dislike some aspects of each, while others might be farther to the right or left than the mainstream parties. But McCain really does appear to be trying too hard to appeal to the base, and apparently has hired a lot of the same people who helped Bush defeat HIM back in 2000.
Back to the main post, because I don't feel like posting separate comments: I must be an Okay Ordinary American, because I have my occupation as the last part of my lj username!
So do I. What, you didn't know I worked as a large container used for storing liquids? :P
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Date: 2008-11-03 01:49 am (UTC)Yeah, I get the feeling that the Republican base is generally going to vote Republican no matter who the candidate is, because their other options are voting for a Democrat or a third-party candidate. Of course, trying to win over independent voters can be difficult, because they could be independent for very different reasons. Some fall in the middle, or like and dislike some aspects of each, while others might be farther to the right or left than the mainstream parties. But McCain really does appear to be trying too hard to appeal to the base, and apparently has hired a lot of the same people who helped Bush defeat HIM back in 2000.
Back to the main post, because I don't feel like posting separate comments: I must be an Okay Ordinary American, because I have my occupation as the last part of my lj username!
So do I. What, you didn't know I worked as a large container used for storing liquids? :P