McCain continues to lead both Obama and Clinton in the polls
Not only has John McCain's recent- and admittedly slight- lead in the polls over both Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton held up, but it's increased slightly.
Those who maintain that an Obama presidency is inevitable will find that position increasingly difficult to maintain, given that the Republican party is going to nominate the only Republican candidate whose positive personal "brand" among independents and moderates overcomes the negative "brand" of the party itself.
In other words, what's happening is pretty much what the polls have been telling us all year, though few of us wanted to hear it: John McCain is probably the only one of the men who ran for the 2008 Republican nomination who ever had a chance to win in November. He's the only one the independents and moderate Democrats George W. Bush carried twice- and whom any Republican has to carry in order to win- would have ever considered voting for.
And as of now, they're picking him over both Obama and Clinton, notwithstanding the closeness of the race.
Those who maintain that an Obama presidency is inevitable will find that position increasingly difficult to maintain, given that the Republican party is going to nominate the only Republican candidate whose positive personal "brand" among independents and moderates overcomes the negative "brand" of the party itself.
In other words, what's happening is pretty much what the polls have been telling us all year, though few of us wanted to hear it: John McCain is probably the only one of the men who ran for the 2008 Republican nomination who ever had a chance to win in November. He's the only one the independents and moderate Democrats George W. Bush carried twice- and whom any Republican has to carry in order to win- would have ever considered voting for.
And as of now, they're picking him over both Obama and Clinton, notwithstanding the closeness of the race.
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