Comment about: John McCain and the Transparently Political Ploy
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| I didn't mean to suggest McCain is literally scared of debating, I meant more that his campaign team did not like the way McCain was slipping in the polls. A drastic focus-changing tactic was needed. | Daniel: If by Rovean strategery you mean carefully planned, emotional manipulation of voters (i.e., political ploy), then yep, that's exactly what it is. To say that McCain suspended his campaign is pure baloney. While "suspending" his campaign, he stopped by the CBS Evening News for an interview. The whole thing is a calculated campaign maneuver to present McCain as a leader who works across parties to get things done. Of course, it didn't actually pan out that way as he sat mostly quiet throughout the meeting with Bush, Obama, and others today. By the end of the day, things were no better than yesterday and by most accounts, worse. McCain was already softening his rhetoric this evening about whether or not he'd be at tomorrows debate. The "strategery" was a nice gambit, but it mostly flopped. Instead of celebrating a slam dunk move, tonight his spinners are working out how to get on with the debate without losing face (or losing the debate.) | |
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