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Nov 02, 2008
McCain doesn't hide his feelings. My bet is that within 2 weeks he'll admit Palin was big mistake.
Cdin,
Nov 02, 2008
I am deeply disappointed in the choice of Mrs. Palin. She reads from the teleprompter whatever they ask her to, not speaking well on her own, and attacks her opponent with mispoken untruths. That means she is willing to say almost anything to win. I would wish that her Faith would have kept her following the precepts of her Bible - that she be honest, kind, wise, TRUTHFUL, humble, loving neighbors and her God. I expected more from her. Is she the best the Republican Party was able to come up with?
Nov 02, 2008
I think you are already seeing the Republican party regretting Palin already.
Nov 02, 2008
@jasongoldberg I agree re: Palin was a mistake. I don't believe they sufficiently considered the electorate's realization that, maverick-like qualities notwithstanding, Palin is not prepared to be president, a notion even staunch McCain supporters either overtly or secretly concede.
Nov 02, 2008
@rythan I think you are right. The election process in the US appears to make for great, if predictable, entertainment which fills many of the idle hours in our 24-hour news cycle. There is only so much health policy, war policy, and economic policy you can discuss (and do nothing about) and this two year process gets grueling.
Nov 03, 2008
Mc Cain is the mistake ,,not palin,,,,My god the American people would not be stupid enough to put the Republicans back in the white house this year,,,George W Bush was by far the worst President that the United States has ever had,,,and anyone even remotely similar will not get in.
Nov 03, 2008
@rythan I think the root of it is....money. It takes a lot of money to run in this country and the earlier you start fund-raising and more you have during end-game flurries much like we've seen recently. Obama and McCain have both been darting across the states over this past weekend, for example, which costs a ton in staffing and transportation. You have to start early here to get the money raised you'll need during critical stages of the campaign; e.g., the primaries and during the ramp-up to the general election.
Nov 03, 2008
@medebe I think allowing these huge campaign contributions and allowing such money raising should just stop. It makes the one with the biggest coffers the winner more than the one that is may be more qualified. That and there is too much "owing" favours to the contributors after the election.
Nov 03, 2008
@rythan Agreed. Although I know there are those who would argue that campaign contributions are just another form of free speech which should not be stifled, it appears that the best form of campaign contribution would be a volunteer's time, that is, a willingness to walk the streets and knock on doors on behalf of your chosen candidate. As it is, it's difficult to see how a candidate avoids some type of obligation to his/her largest campaign contributors once he/she is in office. If each legitimate candidate (the definition of which would cause great debate in and of itself) were provided equal amounts of campaign funds, television and radio air time, and debate time, the election would, in my opinion, require more of a true debate on ideas and beliefs as opposed to sound-bites and pandering to majority constituencies. A man can dream.....
Nov 03, 2008
@medebe This actually reminds me of a discussion I had a while back with a friend, in F1 racing, a true test of driving would be if all the drivers drove the same car with same tires...but would that be what we really wanted. So perhaps the whole current setup actually makes sense at some level
Nov 03, 2008
If he is going to admit it, he will admit it in the first 4 weeks after the election. I'm getting tired of all the US election news atm ><... Maybe its because I don't live in the US.
Nov 03, 2008
McCain will certainly analyze what his errors were in this campaign, but perhaps he will take the time to write a book about it, to let the dust settle and have a colder, more factual point of view.
Nov 03, 2008
It's not just Palin. McCain's only hope was to run as a true Independent. He strayed from his strengths because he didn't believe he could win without the Republican base. But that base has withered and pandering to them didn't produce enough votes.
Nov 03, 2008
Mc Cain plan for africa is not good and i think if he is elected as president, it will not do something for us. It will continue the policy of BUSH and will continue to kill people like in IRAK, CONGO...For us the best candidate is OBAMA, i think tomorrow, America will elect him, i pary that God continue to bless and direct America...
Nov 03, 2008
@all the election is not over. I'm an Obama supporter and I fear that the polls are wrong, as they have been at least the last 2 presidential election cycles.
If McCain wins, do you think he'd admit Palin was a mistake? NO, of course not. So why would that change if he loses? Seriously, the guy's been wrong on a lot of things and he hasn't really admitted to being wrong on any of them. He's just like the current President Bush. 
Nov 03, 2008
The party won't allow anyone to say she was a mistake, she is too popular with the evangelicals (an important GOP voter bloc). I don't know if she was a mistake, I think if McCain had been a stronger candidate, she could have been a significant benefit, problem is that McCain spent too much time trying to convince the GOP that he would "stay the course" that he lost his credibility with the moderates and independents, I don't think Palin cost him any votes that he hadn't already lost (aside from a few conservative commentators).
Nov 03, 2008
@mugzy So here's the thing. I'm certain that in F1 you have certain standards for the type of cars that can be used, specs for the vehicle motors, aerodynamics, etc, which all teams have to follow or risk disqualification. That's how I see the current state of US campaign law, insofar as I can tell (my knowledge of the specifics is woefully inadequate). All of the candidates have to follow certain rules, and those rules allow certain type of contributions. So, in contrast to you analogy, it's more like the current state of F1 wherein all teams must comply with the vehicle specs they are provided; so too must candidates comply with campaign rules. The problem isn't generally with compliance, as I see it, but with the rules themselves which skew the advantage toward those who either have (Forbes, Perot) money to spend on their own campaigns or who have the ability to fill their campaign coffers through a variety of means. In either case the results, to me, aren't ideal in that candidates with outstanding ideas (re: Nader and others) cannot reach the electorate because they simply don't have the funding required to purchase the media time required to get their message repeated often enough to gain traction. Further, there does not appear to be a great deal of interest in mainstream media in presenting these alternative views (a whole other topic). In any event, your post gave me fuel for thought (tangential pun intended); thanks.
Nov 03, 2008
He is a"Maverick"...he'll never admit this. This was the poorest choice that he could have made and he will NEVER admit this. He would have been better off with anyone else, but no..he goes for the womans vote and picks a "dog." She doesn't come close to Biden as far as experience and comparing the VP picks, Obama made the better choice. Oh well, back to Alaska to prime the machine guns, and brush up on foreign policy by watching the coast of Russia.
Nov 03, 2008
@medebe I couldn't agree with you more on this. And time and again we have seen that folks with amazing ideas are not able to spread it around as they should, and the ones with the money (their own or funded) are the ones we know about. If Obama had run on public funding, perhaps we would have seen a different picture of the campaign. At the end of the day, if a person shouts a not-so-correct statement a million times, it drowns out the guy with the correct statement. And sadly, the world begins believing that not-so-correct statement. So like Jason said, money really the root cause of all evil!
Nov 03, 2008
@ralphsaunders I live in the US and I'm tired of the election coverage. It's everywhere. You have to lock yourself in a closet to escape it.
Nov 03, 2008
When will McCain admit he was a mistake? Let's be honest the guy is too old.
Nov 04, 2008
In reading all the posted comments it appears that all the "experts" have had their say. Why haven't any of you stepped up to run for office if you're so darn smart? This is a country where the majority rules. And the majority for the last half of this sitting president's term has been trashed by the Democrats in Congress. Their pork barrel spending is bankrupting the country and you'd actually vote for more of them? Get a grip! Wake up and THINK for a change! Before the Dem's took over in the Congress there were LOTS of jobs and gas was really affordable. Now jobs are vanishing like the icebergs in the Arctic. (Maybe faster?) And gas is still WAY too expensive and I believe it's only lower than $3 per gallon until the election is over... and then, watch out! With the Socialists running Congress we're in for a REALLY rough road to travel. Our founding fathers would probably roll over in their graves if only they knew...
Nov 04, 2008
my guess.. never..he's just a proud a$$hole. sorry for my language .. he's too raw for me.
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