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Politics : John McCain for President -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: jlallen who wrote (5067)	10/27/2008 5:59:10 PM
From: RetiredNow	Respond to of 6579

Oh I see your point of view. That's quite true. There are a lot of Republicans that like her. But consider this. I don't believe the Republican Party is as united as it has been in the past. We've see quite a few fairly high profile Republicans break ranks: Powell, Buckley Jr, Hagel, Pressler, etc. Then you have a bunch of people like me, former Republicans who got disenchanted with today's GOP and who really don't think much of Palin at all. So I think you are correct in saying that Palin does have quite a few supporters, but they mostly come from the extreme right. There are plenty of Republicans who don't like her. Whereas almost all Dems wholeheartedly support Biden. The same goes for McCain. Not many Republicans like him. My family voted for McCain in early voting, but I couldn't get a single one of them to say they were voting for him. Instead, they all claimed to be voting against Obama and that they don't care much for McCain. That's very interesting to me, because it means McCain and Palin's support is not very deep. It will disappear in a puff of smoke after the election is over. Of course, I could be wrong. This is just my opinion based on anecdotal evidence.