Saturday, October 04, 2008
One Month To Go
Americans will choose their next president one month from today. It has been an incredibly long and unpredictable process that has made this one of the most memorable campaigns in modern history. Remember when Hillary Clinton was seen not only as the inevitable Democratic nominee but as the president-in-waiting no less? Remember when Rudy Giuliani was viewed as the best option to stop the Clinton juggernaut? Remember when John Edwards was actually taken seriously (never by me, but others)? Remember when John McCain's campaign was on life support and flat broke? Remember when Joe Biden said that Obama was not ready to be president? Boy, things sure have changed! These politicos have staged a drama much more interesting than those annoying reality TV shows.
McCain has shown himself to be the ultimate Survivor. I thought this guy was finished in 2000 when Bush authoritatively put down a maverick uprising from the McCainiacs. I thought he was surely finished in the Republican party when he forged the infamous Gang of 14 which essentially thwarted Bush's attempt to appoint conservative judges to the federal judiciary. I just knew that McCain would never be the Republican standard bearer when it was widely rumored that John Kerry was contemplating asking McCain to run as his VP in '04. When McCain bucked the conservative faithful on immigration last year, I went ahead and wrote his political obituary. But mainly through a divide and conquer strategy with conservatives and through his own personal story of heroism, McCain has persevered and is one month away from possibly becoming our oldest first term president.
Later this week I'll reveal the candidate for whom I voted in the primary. He/she did not become the nominee. I do believe that my candidate would have been a stronger general election candidate. The nature of politics, however, is you take what you can get and make the best of it.
Questions, comments, concerns? Please feel free to E-mail!
McCain has shown himself to be the ultimate Survivor. I thought this guy was finished in 2000 when Bush authoritatively put down a maverick uprising from the McCainiacs. I thought he was surely finished in the Republican party when he forged the infamous Gang of 14 which essentially thwarted Bush's attempt to appoint conservative judges to the federal judiciary. I just knew that McCain would never be the Republican standard bearer when it was widely rumored that John Kerry was contemplating asking McCain to run as his VP in '04. When McCain bucked the conservative faithful on immigration last year, I went ahead and wrote his political obituary. But mainly through a divide and conquer strategy with conservatives and through his own personal story of heroism, McCain has persevered and is one month away from possibly becoming our oldest first term president.
Later this week I'll reveal the candidate for whom I voted in the primary. He/she did not become the nominee. I do believe that my candidate would have been a stronger general election candidate. The nature of politics, however, is you take what you can get and make the best of it.
Questions, comments, concerns? Please feel free to E-mail!
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