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Politics : Liberalism: Do You Agree We've Had Enough of It? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Geoff Altman who wrote (36204)	7/24/2008 4:25:08 AM
From: puborectalis	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 224706

The fact is, while voters tell pollsters the economy is the most important issue in this election, war and peace will always grab the headlines - and may decide elections. McCain's failure to capitalize on his early primary win and secure his position as the war-and-peace guy is hurting him now. Instead, his foreign policy comments are known mostly for his anachronistic references to "Czechoslovakia" - as the country was known for most of McCain's adult life but not since 1993, when it split into two separate countries. McCain is on a better track in a TV ad that links Obama to high gas prices because of his opposition to offshore drilling. Unfortunately for McCain, oil prices have been slipping downward, a trend not even Hurricane Dolly's threat to oil production facilities in the Gulf of Mexico could halt for long. As with Iraqi prime minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki's support for Obama's timetable on troop withdrawal, events seem to conspire against the Republican presidential candidate. But it's not a time for McCain to be whining and one should hesitate to label as a whiner anyone who withstood confinement and torture for five and a half years as a prisoner of war. Obama is leaving McCain openings by proposing continued military spending even in conjunction with his sweeping social program - tax-and-spend liberal has been an effective Republican hammer for decades and certainly applies to this Democratic candidate. McCain needs to stop reacting and go on the offensive. marketwatch.com