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McCain Campaign Update — 18 April 2008
With all the focus on the Democrats these days, McCain has been flying under the radar. Here are some recent highlights from the McCain campaign:
A Turn to Economic Issues
With the economy making people jittery, McCain is turning his attention to economic issues and populist concerns.
For starters, McCain has introduced legislation to suspend the 18-cent federal gas tax through the summer months.
Seizing the opening provided by Snob-ama, McCain termed Obama’s recent comments “elitist.”
He’s campaiging in the “Forgotten America” of “African-Americans, displaced factory workers and people living in poverty.” … “Starting Monday, the presumptive GOP nominee for president will stop in Alabama’s ‘Black Belt,’ then move on to the struggling steel town of Youngstown, Ohio, and the Appalachian region of Kentucky.”
Mike Huckabee, backed by his newly-founded PAC, is set to campaign for McCain. This is helpful on two fronts: Huckabee is a populist’s populist, and he’s trusted by the voting bloc most skeptical of McCain — Evangelicals.
U.S. News summarizes: McCain’s Speech Shows He’s a Pro-growth Populist, Like Reagan.
Other Campaign Headlines:
McCain Veepstakes: Probable Pawlenty?
McCain accuses Russia of undermining Georgia.
Pro-Life Group Applauds John McCain for Saying VP Should Oppose Abortion.
Young Voters Say McCain’s Age is No Big Deal.
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One problem, Huckabee is still seen as a nut by many conservatives.
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I agree. They’ll have to be careful where they deploy him — he’s like kryptonite to people like me. But he could help energize Republicans in a lot of the Midwest battleground states and in some of the southern states that have been trending purple in recent years. . .
Huckabee seems to have done what he’s done to make himself a kingmaker, a “Religious Right” power-broker. He may disgrace the name of Christ, but he’s a sharp player in the identity politics game.
Kudos to you for bringing some McCain links forward. I was just thinking this morning that the advantage to McCain of having HillBama fighting it out was just about to expire….at some point “no news is good news” swaps places with “there’s no such thing as bad press.”
Cheers,
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“Kudos to you for bringing some McCain links forward. I was just thinking this morning that the advantage to McCain of having HillBama fighting it out was just about to expire….at some point “no news is good news” swaps places with “there’s no such thing as bad press.”
Thanks. . . I think it was Barone who said yesterday that the continuing Dem fight is helping McCain more than it’s hurting him. His overseas junkets and policy speeches are doing enough to keep him in the news. I hope he’s right.