McCain Camp Looking For Treats, Not Tricks

By: Vaughn Ververs
Topics: John McCain

Senior advisers for John McCain's campaign and the Republican National Committee briefed reporters on the state of the race earlier today, with campaign manager Rick Davis proclaiming his candidate in the midst of "one of the greatest comebacks that you've seen since John McCain won the primary."

Political director Mike DuHaime laid out the campaign's efforts in targeting voters over the past several days, saying that the joint effort with the RNC has given the campaign a "data and technology edge" that has allowed for intense micro-targeting and voter identification. DuHaime said the effort has far outpaced that of the Bush campaign in 2004. "In the past week, past seven days, we've made over 5.3 million targeted calls and door knocks," he said according to a transcript of the call released by the campaign. "These are the people we believe are either going to vote for McCain and need the push to get out or are people who are persuadable voters that we think are still sitting on the fence that we need to personally touch. We did 1.3 million phone calls and door knocks yesterday alone."

Davis also predicted that the McCain campaign will have outspent Barack Obama's in TV advertising over the last ten days of the campaign when all is said and done and insisted that many voters remain in the class of late-breakers. And, on the subject of running mate Sarah Palin, Davis launched a strong defense. "Governor Palin's crowds are huge," he said, noting that her event last night drew 20,000 people while Joe Biden drew just 800 in the same vicinity. "So, all the talk that we see on television and the newspapers about what a drag Governor Palin is on our ticket can't be further from the truth. She's electrifying crowds all across the battleground states, and we really appreciate the hard work she's putting in."

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by jefflz-2009 November 1, 2008 5:26 AM EDT: The shameful systematic suppression the rights of poor and minority voters by the Republican Party under the pathetic guise of preventing voter fraud has escaped the attention of the DNC and given us eight years of the Bush/Cheney nightmare.; Reply to this comment


by razrback44 October 31, 2008 10:28 PM EDT: London Times today: Obama''s folks are concerned that they will not be able to deliver what has been promised quickly enough to prevent euphoria from turning to despair. So the little games have now started.
Today in Iowa: Obama says he will lower taxes for anyone making less than 250K IF you are working and paying payroll taxes. What? Remember, listen to the words while getting swooned. Last week it was just 95%. So what is it now..95% of what? I''ve been saying for 2 wks that this huge, huge plan could not be paid for. In another interview OB says he may need 3000 days rather than 300 to tackle the big problems.
Well, Barney said taxes will be raised. Schumer says OB did not mean he would cut taxes right away, would have to be worked out over 4 years.
All I know is that OB has made this statement a zillion times..for 95% of you I will lower taxes. Over and over. Of course, nobody understood about that lower 40%.
Obama, you can''t be the party of change at your convenience. You have promised a lot. A whole lot. Plenty of folks looking for a handout and a welfare check. Good luck. Ain''t going to happen and you know it. Same old pol bs.; Reply to this comment


by mattcat25 October 31, 2008 8:10 PM EDT: The Republicans know that their agenda is in opposition to the majority of Americans and there is no rational in working class voters to support them. Thus, they have resorted to voting machine transgressions and voter suppression tactics. This election is more so evident that the majority voting block will reject the continued Conservative Agenda of John McCain and Sarah Mooselini Palin that will see the Republican Party participating in more voter fraud. And, we should see more Republican Supporters contributing in voter fraud being charged and sentenced to prison for their actions.

Do the crime, and do the time%u2026.like a good RepubliCON.; Reply to this comment


by dnsallday October 31, 2008 7:42 PM EDT: Sounds like we are being set up and prepared for another election theft from the RepubliCONS.; Reply to this comment