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andps What should McCain do next? How about quit the race ha ha ha!
Rove on What McCain Needs to Do Next
Tammy Bruce —
Overall, good advice. But remember, this is also the man who was essentially the Brain of the GOP and lost Congress to whiny, visionless, liberals in 2006. He also lost GWB to appeasers Rice and Baker. I'm just sayin'.
What McCain Should Do Next
Notwithstanding the hype about Barack Obama, here is where the presidential race stands: John McCain was within an average of 1.9% of his Democratic opponent in last week's daily Gallup tracking poll.
It shouldn't be this close. Sen. Obama should be way ahead. It's not that Sen. ...
Abbreviated Pundit Round-Up
Daily Kos —
... thinks that Phil Gramm's only crime was telling the truth and that the problem with the economy is simply that we're poorer than we used to be and we all need to suck it up. Thomas Sowell, drawing on the example of Steven Hatfill and others, decries what he calls "publicity abuse." Sowell says, "the whole country continues to this day to pay dearly for having Anthony Kennedy on the Supreme Court," after the smearing of poor, misunderstood Robert Bork. Karl Rove needs new material. Maurice Ferre believes that the "Latino vote in ...
McCain's Challenge
Taegan Goddard's Political Wire —
Karl Rove: "Mr. Obama has the easier path to victory: reassure a restive electorate
that he's up to the job. Mr. McCain must both educate voters to his
opponent's weaknesses and persuade them that he has a vision for the
coming four years. This will require a disciplined, focused effort. Mr.
McCain has gotten this far fighting an unscripted guerrilla campaign.
But it won't get him all the way to the White House." ...
McCain and faith (cont.)
Jonathan Martin's Blog —
... Karl Rove, continuing to offer political advice and criticism via his WSJ column, has a slew of ideas for John McCain today. But perhaps his most important tip is one McCain isn't likely to follow: ...
Are We On The Same Planet?
The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan —
Is this pure spin from Karl Rove? I mean: could any sane observer see this as true: Mr. McCain is the most private person to run for president since Calvin
Coolidge in the 1920s. He needs to share (or allow others to share)
more about him, especially his faith. The McCain and Obama campaigns
are mirror opposites. Mr. McCain offers little biography, while Mr.
Obama is nothing but. ...
Matt Lewis: Rove Gives McCain Advice
Townhall.com Blog's TownHall Blog —
Over at the WSJ, Karl Rove offers some advice to John McCain: "So what should Mr. McCain do? He's rightly raising questions about Mr. Obama's fitness to be president, starting with his failure to admit that the surge in Iraq worked. Mr. McCain should stay at it, though he'll need help to make the case. Mr. McCain was correct to seize on Mr. Obama's insinuations that the GOP would mount racist attacks against him. Now Mr. McCain needs to find ways to describe an Obama who is running on empty rhetoric. He needs to do to Mr. Obama what Walter ...
Required Reading: Huh?
Weekly Standard Blog —
From the Wall Street Journal, "What McCain Should Do Next" by Karl Rove
Quoth the Architect:
“Then there's character. Mr. McCain is the most private person to run for president since Calvin Coolidge in the 1920s. He needs to share (or allow others to share) more about him, especially his faith. The McCain and Obama campaigns are mirror opposites. Mr. McCain offers little biography, while Mr. Obama is nothing but.”
McCain’s a private person? Really?
You know how you can tell really private people? They spend 26 ...
More Thursday Links
Maggie's Farm —
... Our Dylanologist is back from his European travels. He asked a passer-by in a Paris park to take this photo of him, on right. America's fastest dying cities. Creative destruction? The Repub protest continues in the House. The cost of PC academic majors. Mankiw The hedgies are hurting. But it's a great time of opportunity for them too. What's a "book town"? Rove: What McCain should do now. Good advice. I want my ...
Who's the celebrity?
Newshoggers.com —
... Yesterday in the WSJ Karl Rove said that John McCain "is the most private person to run for president since Calvin Coolidge". This was too much for even right winger ...
Who Says Republicans Aren’t Funny?
Firedoglake —
... . Karl Rove on John McCain: "Mr. McCain is the most private person to run for president since Calvin Coolidge in the 1920s. He needs to share (or allow others to share) more about him." Yeah, he probably needs to start talking about that POW thing ...
Bio-Free McCain?
Swampland —
In his Wall Street Journal column today offering free (though surely not unsolicited) advice to John McCain, Karl Rove writes that the Republican nominee needs to get more intimate with voters. Maybe he does. But I had to laugh when I read this assertion by Rove: ...
Viking Pundit — ... means somebody better secure the nukes. Karl Rove's advice to John McCain: use the term "Where's the beef?" Most Obama supporters won't get the reference, I think. posted by Eric at ...
Dissecting Leftism — ... want to see if a candidate can put on a good one that rings true. Mr. Obama has the easier path to victory: reassure a restive electorate that he's up to the job. Mr. McCain must both educate voters to his opponent's weaknesses and persuade them that he has a vision for the coming four years. This will require a disciplined, focused effort. Mr. McCain has gotten this far fighting an unscripted guerrilla campaign. But it won't get him all the way to the White House. Source ********************* ELSEWHERE Gutsy little Georgia: ...
Karl Rove’s odd advice for John McCain
Crooks and Liars —
Back in April, in a WSJ column, Karl Rove urged John McCain to be less reserved about his personal life and background, and run more on his biography. “[I]t is clear,” Rove wrote, “that Mr. McCain is one of the most private individuals to run for president in history.”
Four months later, Rove recycled the exact same point in another WSJ column.
Mr. McCain is the most private person to run for president since Calvin Coolidge in the 1920s. He needs to share (or allow others to share) more about him, especially his faith. The ...
