Comments on: McCain Can Rebound, GOP Strategist Says

Political Players: Republican Consultant Alex Castellanos Says The Party Can't Ignore Economic Crisis

[broken_usa]

Obama = Empty suit

[anbudanrc]

This old fool will rebound only on one circumstance like BUSH.
Bushy voter fraud!!!
By no other means...
Replicans are menace to the soceity

[broken_usa]

liberal4sure--put down the crack pipe, when the fog subsides you''ll be surrounded by reality--most of the *** you see will be the doings of the liberal politicians that brain washed you to vote for them.

[dudeforobama]

What a sad, sad old man John McCain has become. His desperation has become so obvious that it is insulting to even know that he is running for president. RIP old conservative Republicans - your grand old party is dying fast. The time for CHANGE has come, and it''s name is OBAMA.

OBAMA 2008!

[liberal4sure]

Borken_USA - you sound like a broken record. Embrace your higher self IF you can connect to it.

[broken_usa]

McCain is disparate-he needs to do something dramatic--cut Palin lose and grab Hillary!

[thorninside]

McCain''s handlers are agonizing about how to revive his campaign. It doesn''t need revision...it needs a doctor ! Having tried everything short of CPR he''s resorted to personal slander. It won''t work this time because Obama learned that the high road, taken by Kerry during the swift boat slander, led only to oblivion. What McCain now knows is that he''s opened the door to scrutinization of his own collaboration with the Vietcong. After fifty years of suppression the records have been released, and we know he did it only after torture, but that just makes him a victim...not a hero. Unless he has a believable economic plan...one NOT designed to let his backers rape Amarica again...he should retire with what little esteem he still has.

[broken_usa]

McCain is blowing it--look out here come the liberals to save the day

[bronze12-2009]

McCain definitely has his work cut out for him, especially since he''s been all over the map since this economic crisis boiled over. His campaign is a chaotic mess, and getting uglier every day.

But the real deal is that people are scared, and no matter how much McCain talks about "leadership" that''s not what he''s projecting; it''s more like frustration and desperation.


And this effort to whip people into a paranoid frenzy will work with a few folks, but not with rational people. No, when people lose half their savings in less than two weeks they''re a lot harder to fool with the usual politics of "fear and smear". The bottom line is: we''ve seen this movie before, and right now what we''re worried about is whether we''re going to have a job, a roof over our heads or two nickels to rub together come this time next week.

Here''s what McCain wants us to forget: in 2001, the richest one percent of households in America received 18% of the income in the country. In 2006, that figure had increased to 23%, the highest income disparity since 1928. In January of 2001 gas was about $1.43/gallon; last week it was down(!) to $3.48. On January 19th of 2001 the Dow was at 10,587; today it dropped below 8,000 before creeping back. On January 19th, 2001, the dollar/euro exchange ration was 1.068; on Oct. 6th this year it was .733. Are we having fun, or what?

It''s hard to win an election when your party is tied to numbers like that. Not even Karl Rove can make lemonade out of those lemons.

[liberal4sure]

The only way mccain/palin can win is by an act of God, and God don''t like ugly.

[bronze12-2009]

McCain definitely has his work cut out for him, especially since he''s been all over the map since this economic crisis boiled over. His campaign is a chaotic mess, and getting uglier every day.

But the real deal is that people are scared, and no matter how much McCain talks about "leadership" that''s not what he''s projecting; it''s more like frustration and desperation.


And this effort to whip people into a paranoid frenzy will work with a few folks, but not with rational people. No, when people lose half their savings in less than two weeks they''re a lot harder to fool with the usual politics of "fear and smear". The bottom line is: we''ve seen this movie before, and right now what we''re worried about is whether we''re going to have a job, a roof over our heads or two nickels to rub together come this time next week.

Here''s what McCain wants us to forget: in 2001, the richest one percent of households in America received 18% of the income in the country. In 2006, that figure had increased to 23%, the highest income disparity since 1928. In January of 2001 gas was about $1.43/gallon; last week it was down(!) to $3.48. On January 19th of 2001 the Dow was at 10,587; today it dropped below 8,000 before creeping back. On January 19th, 2001, the dollar/euro exchange ration was 1.068; on Oct. 6th this year it was .733. Are we having fun, or what?

It''s hard to win an election when your party is tied to numbers like that. Not even Karl Rove can make lemonade out of those lemons.

[dan9111]

All McCain has to do to win is:

1. Admit the bailout was a violent aggression against both the taxpayer and the markets

2. Say Ron Paul was totally right, should have been listened to in all seriousness during the primary, and

3. Promise not to pursue violence against US citizens ever again for purposes of welfare or warfare, no exceptions.

Then I bet he would win with 90% of the vote. Way too stubborn, he will lose. He has the same narcissism as the worst of the Democrats. He is just giving a warm welcome to his superior Comrade Obama.

[daveytree420-2009]

LOL, Alex''s "strategy" is the same strategy that Obama/Biden have been following... except the "I''m behind in the polls" part of course ;-)

#1. Talk about how in challenging times, we come together and bring out the best in ourselves.

#2. Talk about a big change to the way we do things, so we can compete in a new global economy.

It''s a good idea, Alex, and it might even work a bit for McCain... the only problem is that''s what Obama''s ALREADY doing. SO will it work?

[broken_usa]

Do you think Obama really cares about your 401K? Or the declining value of your property?

[DCropp]

Economy, economy, economy

[broken_usa]

Oh, wait maybe Obama''s southern accent is the homie spin, to manipulate that persuasion?

[fredfromsj]

As Edward R Murrow has so eloquently stated:

%u201C...the line between investigating and persecuting is a very fine one, and the Junior Senator from Wisconsin has stepped over it repeatedly. His primary achievement has been confusing the public mind as between the internal and the external threats of communism. We must not confuse dissent from disloyalty. We must remember always, that accusation is not proof, and that conviction depends upon evidence and due process of law. We will not walk in fear, one of another; we will not be driven by fear into an age of unreason. If we dig deep into our history and our doctrine, we will remember we are not descended from fearful men. Not from men who dared to write, to speak, to associate, and to defend causes that were for the moment unpopular. This is no time for men who oppose Sen. McCarthy''s methods to keep silent or for those who approve. We can deny our heritage and our history but we cannot escape responsibility for the result. There is no way for a citizen of the republic to abdicate his responsibilities. As a nation we have come into our full inheritance at a tender age. We proclaim ourselves as indeed we are the defenders of freedom wherever it still exists in the world. But we cannot defend freedom abroad by deserting it at home. The actions of the Junior Senator from Wisconsin have caused alarm and dismay amongst our allies abroad and given considerable comfort to our enemies...%u201D

[liberal4sure]

For all those that believe in the power of prayer send Obama and Biden a prayer of protection and safety and the wisdom to guide this country.

[jmhubers]

Mr. Castellanos is absolutely correct to say that the only way McCain can win is to show Americans that he is ready to lead us boldly into the new global economy. What isn''t correct is to assume that there is any possible way he can convince us that he is the man for the job. Not anymore.

Whether true or not, the last two debates and now McCain''s increasingly shrill almost paranoiac attacks on Obama on the campaign trail have shown him to be a vindictive, small-minded ideologue who has yet to show that he has anything to offer beyond what we have been experiencing over the past eight years. This is not a man who can lead us into the future. This is a man who is tethered to the past.

[broken_usa]

Has anyone noticed Obama''s southern accent? Did he get that growing up on the beaches of Hawaii?