McCain is campaigning in states that he is likely to lose in the double digits. Why? Do secret internal Republican polls tell another story? Unlikely. John McCain is almost pathologically obsessed with Teddy Roosevelt, and romanticizes the idea of the rough and tumble pol who bends others to his will. This is something that doesn’t exist, if ever. In reality things operate more like LBJ in the senate, with careful cajoling and bargaining.
But McCain thinks that he has so much force of will, so much fortitude, that he can bend events with his mind. That’s why he did the whole campaign “suspension” trick, and that’s why he’s campaigning in states he will lose.
I didn’t read the article, which double digit trail states is he campaigning in? Michigan? Minnesota? Wisconsin? Pennsylvania? Colorado? Virginia? New Mexico? Iowa? New Hampshire?
McCain is on the road to 150.
Maybe this is McCain trying to be that Maverick he keeps telling us he is.
No, he has to take one of those former battleground states if he wants to win. Obama is at about 273 electoral in 10 states. McCain has about 131 electoral votes sewn up. Obama is also up in another 79. McCain has to take all the states he leads in, all the states they are tied in, all the states Obama leads under 10 pts and then he has to pull a 10 pt state off Obama worth more than 4 EVs. It’s a bit uphill. As it stands, McCain has about an even chance of being beaten by 200 electoral votes.
OOTBO (out-of-the-box-obamaites)
Pollster.com 08-1015 REP:155 TU:50 DEM:333
the day after “Joe the Plumber”…
Pollster.com 08-1016 REP:155 TU:70 DEM:313
20eu just went undecided OW.
Hard not to notice that! Also hook up a rovian robocall campaign for the silent haters…
IMHO “McDelusional” underestimates, sorry