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To: D. Long who wrote (278686)	11/5/2008 12:28:02 AM
From: nrg_crisis	2 Recommendations Respond to of 794347

This was McCain's race to lose, and he lost it Maybe. But when you're racing with the albatross of a profoundly unpopular incumbent on your back, it's hard to get up a good head of steam. And when you're racing up a hill put in your way by the media while your opponent is allowed to run downhill, it's even harder. The McCain campaign made some missteps, to be sure. But he always had the wind in his face. Obama had the wind at his back - and no albatross and a downhill run.

To: D. Long who wrote (278686)	11/5/2008 12:39:47 AM
From: ManyMoose	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 794347

After 2 years, I think the mid-terms will give us a Republican Congress ala 1994. That will happen if Republicans can find their footing with a Newt Gingrich style uniter without baggage. Some housecleaning is overdue. My Rep. Cathy McMorris-Rodgers pulled in a 2/3 majority. I'm hoping to see bigger and better things for her in the future. Second, race-grievance mongering just got a whole lot harder to swallow in America. Closeups of tears on Jesse Jackson's face were unseemly. Oprah too. Maybe they will shut up now. Anyone with the hubris to publish a magazine with her photograph on the cover of every single issue will never shut up, however. This election clearly shows who the racists are, though.

To: D. Long who wrote (278686)	11/5/2008 1:47:40 AM
From: Nadine Carroll	1 Recommendation Respond to of 794347

This was McCain's race to lose, and he lost it. First of all, he was hung on his own campaign finance petard. McCain lost to the most liberal voting, radical-befriending, least experienced Senator candidate for President in US history. What a miserable loss. It's definitely true about campaign finance reform and McCain being hung on his own petard. A third consolation prize is that campaign finance reform is now dead as a dodo. But I don't think any other Republican candidate could have done better, and most would have done worse. McCain was just sailing straight into gale-force winds.