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I read the LA Times and I'm way over to the east- I'm in Italy!
Michael Segal @ 12:58 PM PDT, Oct 9, 2008
Both campaign has solidified its base. What is left is gaining independent votes. Those voters followed this campaign for two years. The wretched insinuations of "otherness" implicit in the continuing and "condemned" use of Sen. Obama's middle name or questioning his patriotism because he met with a reformed militant have been scruntinized by those independent voters. The only likely legacy of these McCain tactics is the embitterment of the Republican base to the point that no one can "reach across the aisle" and gain the consensus. A sad result for a man that claims to "put the country first."
Dave Atkins @ 9:46 AM PDT, Oct 9, 2008
Today !! When I read your L.A. Times... " Bush signs bill for U.S.- India NUCLEAR TRADE.. "" As a long standing REPUBLICAN !!! I'm Voting for OBAMA .... Why Don't Bush just give the Taliban a Nuclear Trade Too... Better yet give all the world Nuclear.. Just to be Safe...
2LOLO @ 9:30 AM PDT, Oct 9, 2008
Dear John E. Wade II, You are a complete moron. You are also incredibly unpatriotic; you are a republican first and I'm not even sure if you're even an American second.
Hutch @ 7:10 AM PDT, Oct 9, 2008
Why can't Obama introduce honorable friends to vouch for his credibility while he were in Chicago? We need something other than Obama's books to tell us who he is. Is there anyone who can speak up for his community service or is it true that it was ACORN service? Did Obama reached outside of his black community and do something positive for the whites, and ethnic groups in windy city? If he did, someone can vouch for him. The absence of people vouching for Obama service in Chicago speaks louder than negative ads! Does Obama have any credible friends in Chicago out side of his interesting church? If he does not, he is bad news!
floridacounts @ 8:02 PM PDT, Oct 8, 2008
The comments on 'global warming' in relation to drilling for oil bothered me. We need to seperate our inescapable need for inexpensive fuel for transportation, from the goal of reducing earthwarming which can be tackled from several different directions. The off shore oil must be exploited now, when it means the most, to fuel the development of new low GHG transport systems and power plants. Coal is too valuable to burn up in old power plants, convert it to diesel fuel instead, it's cheaper than importing oil.
blueskies @ 1:58 PM PDT, Oct 8, 2008
I think all questions about which candidate has the better "judgement" were answered when MCCain selected "Sarah Barracuda" as a running mate. Anyone willing to make the judgement that pandering to their base outweighed the risk of putting our entire nation under the direction of Ms. Palin in a time of crises when presidential succession kicks in, is demonstrating the recklessness of a gambler, not the good judgement of a potential President.
JG @ 1:07 PM PDT, Oct 8, 2008
LA Times is one of the best and most objective papers in the country. I read it online regularly from up here in PDX. This article is a fine analysis; I appreciate the willingness to criticize both candidates, and the strategic/tactical analysis is fairly insightful and pleasantly succinct... I hope you're right that the smears won't work and only an issue-based campaign can succeed. If McCain can come back and win based on the vile tactics he's using now it will be a tragic day for our nation. We've had enough of that recetnly. He's spending his hard-bought honor very cheaply, McCain is, and its sad to see.
tyler @ 1:06 PM PDT, Oct 8, 2008
McC's wise, persevering guidance was proven to be a sham, the very second he decided that he was going to run a campaign as dishonorable and bigoted as the one that was run against him in 2000, pandering to the very people who he described as forces of intolerance by picking one of the most divisive running mates in recent history.Maverick?Hardly.A disappointing parody of himself?Sadly so.
SNL on the East Coast @ 12:51 PM PDT, Oct 8, 2008
McCain came off poorly in the second debate since it is obvious that his desire to win the White House is the only motivating factor for his newly found regulatory fervor. The hypocrisy of his current economic positions makes him sound hollow and reactive rather than proactive, despite his best attempts to disguise his past. He comes off as an opportunist who shifts his position to accommodate the changing political winds. Affectation is not leadership, and it showed in his debate performance.
Chris @ 12:33 PM PDT, Oct 8, 2008
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