With less than two weeks to go before election day and with Obama up 7-9 points nationally in the polls it's hard to see how John McCain has any chance of coming from behind to win this thing.
Lately everything is going Obama's way and not much is going well for McCain.
McCain's surrogates are gaffing like it's going out of style. They're making divisive remarks like "liberals hate Americans" and northern Virginia is not "real Virginia" and Obama might have "anti-American sentiments".
And oh yeah, the U.S. economy stinks, Obama is swimming in cash and outspending McCain on ads 3 and 4 to 1, and Sarah Palin is a complete joke.
What makes McCain's bleak chances even more apparent is how Obama is polling even or ahead in several red states, forcing McCain to divert time and cash to states which he should be owning Obama in. McCain's new electoral map strategy includes winning Pennsylvania. WTF? That state is set as strong/solid/definitely/hardcore Obama. In other words: there's no one in their right mind who thinks McCain can win the state.
What is the McCain camp thinking?
Regardless of who you support by this point you have to admit: McCain's campaign sucks.
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October 22, 2008
October 15, 2008
Who Won the Canadian Election?
Most people will think the 2008 didn't solve much, all we did was spend $400 million bucks on letting the Conservatives and NDP take a handful of seats away from the Liberals.
But there's more to it than that.
What I think this election has done is set up the next election. Dion lost the Liberals a lot of seats, I think it's safe to mostly blame him for that. They are at their lowest seat count since Confederation. Ouch!
This however sets up the Liberal party to elect a new leader based on what they have learned from this election. Canadians need a strong leader they can relate to. As voters Canadians pay less attention to policy and more to personal characteristics such as likability.
While I believe Dion is generally more in line with the average Canadian on the issues, he just couldn't seem to connect with people. He had two years to prepare a solid campaign (which should have been centred on the economy) and he failed to do that. Dion will now be only the second ever Liberal leader to not get elected Prime Minister. Double ouch!
My prediction: by the spring '09 the Liberals will have a new leader. Who will it be?
Here's the results of the 2008 Canadian Federal Election:
Conservatives 143
Liberals 76
BQ 50
NDP 37
Green 0
But there's more to it than that.
What I think this election has done is set up the next election. Dion lost the Liberals a lot of seats, I think it's safe to mostly blame him for that. They are at their lowest seat count since Confederation. Ouch!
This however sets up the Liberal party to elect a new leader based on what they have learned from this election. Canadians need a strong leader they can relate to. As voters Canadians pay less attention to policy and more to personal characteristics such as likability.
While I believe Dion is generally more in line with the average Canadian on the issues, he just couldn't seem to connect with people. He had two years to prepare a solid campaign (which should have been centred on the economy) and he failed to do that. Dion will now be only the second ever Liberal leader to not get elected Prime Minister. Double ouch!
My prediction: by the spring '09 the Liberals will have a new leader. Who will it be?
Here's the results of the 2008 Canadian Federal Election:
Conservatives 143
Liberals 76
BQ 50
NDP 37
Green 0
October 8, 2008
Who Won the Presidential Debate #2
The second presidential debate between John McCain and Barack Obama was anything but exciting.
Essentially we got to hear each candidate's stump speech on prime time live TV. We sat in on one of Dr. Obama's lectures while a bitter old gremlin paced around the room repeating "my friends" over and over like Leo DiCaprio at the end of "The Aviator" where he says "the way of the future, the way of the future, the way of the future..."
Maybe he has "my friends" Tourettes.
Obama played it safe. McCain didn't do anything significant to reverse Obama's lead in the polls.
And boy could you tell these two just don't like each other. McCain still can't seem to stomach even looking at Obama. Their wives didn't even shake hands after the debate for god's sake! McCain made some cocky, even peevish remarks that I don't think will sit very well with Moderates and Independents.
When John McCain referred to Barack Obama as "that one" I don't think he meant anything by that; he just sounded like a douche.
Essentially we got to hear each candidate's stump speech on prime time live TV. We sat in on one of Dr. Obama's lectures while a bitter old gremlin paced around the room repeating "my friends" over and over like Leo DiCaprio at the end of "The Aviator" where he says "the way of the future, the way of the future, the way of the future..."
Maybe he has "my friends" Tourettes.
Obama played it safe. McCain didn't do anything significant to reverse Obama's lead in the polls.
And boy could you tell these two just don't like each other. McCain still can't seem to stomach even looking at Obama. Their wives didn't even shake hands after the debate for god's sake! McCain made some cocky, even peevish remarks that I don't think will sit very well with Moderates and Independents.
When John McCain referred to Barack Obama as "that one" I don't think he meant anything by that; he just sounded like a douche.
October 4, 2008
The Canadian Debate in just 2 Minutes
During the Canadian English language debate we essentially got to see each candidate live up to their reputations.
Harper: policy wonk, flake
Dion: intellectual, not tough
Layton: socialist, mustache
Duceppe: Quebec rocks, hair gel is actually maple syrup
May: environmentalist, makes Layton look like Harper
Harper weathered the storm, Dion wasn't aggressive enough, Layton went after both Harper and Dion (seriously Jack, who's side on you on?), Duceppe attacked Harper and spoke specifically of Quebec, and May was the bleeding heart champion.
The bottom-line question remains and it will remain until October 14: Will the Conservatives win a majority? This moderate doesn't believe that's what's best for Canada.
When a majority of Canadians do not subscribe to the ideology of a party with a majority in government, something is seriously wrong there. Maybe Canadians like the abuse.
I know I don't.
Check out the link below for a hilarious satire of the debate. "The Canadian Debate in 2 Minutes". It's hysterical.
http://www.cbc.ca/minorityreport/2008/10/the_english_debate_in_2_minute.html#more
Harper: policy wonk, flake
Dion: intellectual, not tough
Layton: socialist, mustache
Duceppe: Quebec rocks, hair gel is actually maple syrup
May: environmentalist, makes Layton look like Harper
Harper weathered the storm, Dion wasn't aggressive enough, Layton went after both Harper and Dion (seriously Jack, who's side on you on?), Duceppe attacked Harper and spoke specifically of Quebec, and May was the bleeding heart champion.
The bottom-line question remains and it will remain until October 14: Will the Conservatives win a majority? This moderate doesn't believe that's what's best for Canada.
When a majority of Canadians do not subscribe to the ideology of a party with a majority in government, something is seriously wrong there. Maybe Canadians like the abuse.
I know I don't.
Check out the link below for a hilarious satire of the debate. "The Canadian Debate in 2 Minutes". It's hysterical.
http://www.cbc.ca/minorityreport/2008/10/the_english_debate_in_2_minute.html#more
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