A short critique of the McCain campaign
McCain campaign made two mistakes that, I think, will cost them this election:
1. Sarah Palin. The mistake in picking Palin for VP is not because Palin is a weak candidate--I think she fared well in her debate and has grown more comfortable as the campaign has gone on (which has not always been good for the McCain campaign)--but that she resonates with only the base of the Republican party. The base of the Republican party already had a person who would energize them: Barack Obama. McCain needed to pick someone who could steal centrist votes from Obama. Palin does not come close to doing that.
2. Allowing fear to play too large a role in their critique of Obama. Willam Ayers. ACORN. Socialist. It didn't work. It never worked. You should have stuck to the Rock-Star politician line--something which would have kept Obama from airing his infomercial last night.
1. Sarah Palin. The mistake in picking Palin for VP is not because Palin is a weak candidate--I think she fared well in her debate and has grown more comfortable as the campaign has gone on (which has not always been good for the McCain campaign)--but that she resonates with only the base of the Republican party. The base of the Republican party already had a person who would energize them: Barack Obama. McCain needed to pick someone who could steal centrist votes from Obama. Palin does not come close to doing that.
2. Allowing fear to play too large a role in their critique of Obama. Willam Ayers. ACORN. Socialist. It didn't work. It never worked. You should have stuck to the Rock-Star politician line--something which would have kept Obama from airing his infomercial last night.
posted by Aaron Perry at
11:19 AM
2 Comments:
I agree with those critiques.
I know. I wish he would have put up a better fight. He really did not campaign well at all.
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