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To: tejek who wrote (425481)	10/13/2008 12:22:45 PM
From: HPilot	Respond to of 1575380

Seems late to me too but given the way the GOP pundits have become so open in their criticism, I imagine the pressure behind the scenes is much, much greater. Pundits say things to get them back on the show. Lately the word is that McCain waited to late to do negative campaigning against Obama. Just last month some of them were recommending doing this at the last minute, which is actually the conventional wisdom.

To: tejek who wrote (425481)	10/13/2008 12:32:27 PM
From: combjelly	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1575380

"I imagine the pressure behind the scenes is much, much greater." Probably. What is happening to McCain is a nightmare this close to an election, his negatives are going up and his opponents are going down. And that never works out. You can win if your negatives go up, but only if your opponents go down. When you cause your opponents negatives to go up, you risk being ignored in the future. The great fear is the reach down ticket. There are a lot of seats that should be solid, but are now in play. Heck, there are even seats that should be solid and now are likely out of reach. Any more negatives and it could look like a shutout. A so badly crippled Republican party would be a bad thing for this country. Single party rule always is, sooner or later.