Say Cheese! But Watch for the Applesauce.

McCain just isn't photogenic - but then again who is after doing 5 years of hard time and lots of plastic surgery? Not to mention most people are uncomfortable trying to talk about stuff they just learned of yesterday - it kinda makes sense

Unfortunately for McCain there is a lot that even clever staging can't fix. He looked terribly old and tired standing next to a healthy, tanned George Bush Sr.-- a man 15 years his senior. And when he stumbles over a simple question, or when he calls Putin the President of Germany, one wonders how he could ever handle the grueling job of a President with a myriad of facts and dates and names thrown at him every day.

No wonder McCain is losing the photo ops, he is standing in front of German sausage haus while Obama is drawing 200,000 in Germany- It was incredible to see that many foreigners at one time waving American flags that weren't on fire.

Boo hoo hoo!!!..the media this, the media that......oh, woe is me...boo hoo.

Reality check, folks......we all know the American media's NUMBER 1 concern is RATINGS. Whether it's Pam Anderson, Brittney Spears, Anna Nicole Smith, Hurricane Katrina, Mike Tyson, or what Elliot Spitzer's hooker had for breakfast. Networks, publishers, and news outlets are ratings WHORES.

Point blank........MCCAIN does not generate the ratings that OBAMA does. Whether you like the campaign's political platforms, or not, whoever generates the most ratings by the AMERICAN viewing public will get the most coverage.

When McCain is on the "tube", American's change the channel. When McCain is the topic of radio conversation, Americans turn the dial.

Why do CONSERVATIVE stations talk more about OBAMA than their own candidate?!?!?!

Get outta the Matrix, people!!!!! And stop bytching!!!!!!!

Pakistan and Afghanistan are the "re-newed" fronts on the war on terror. The war on Saddam Hussein has been over since he was executed by a war monger. The civil war between the tribes after that should have been quelled by the Iragi Government. Sure you can argue that, "there was no Iraqi government," which would be the big picture, however, there already was an Iraqi government even though we didn't like that Iraqi government which did not have WMD's nor links to Al Quaida.

Barack Obama supported the war on terror, he didn't support the war on Saddam Hussein. He saw that it was a mistake to turn our attention away from Afghanistan and Pakistan. McCain was all for going into Iraq. McCain could have cared less about what would happen to Pakistan and Afghanistan since he was busy laying around in hospitals and his sick bed at the time.

McCain is too frail, can't think on his feet (when we get attacked again on his watch), cannot connect with World Leaders, cannot manage the militaries, Is ready to plunder the land with drilling (destabilizing wildlife even more than it is today), he continues to draw Social Security even though he is ready to axe it along with our benefits, he is quick to judge his fellow countrymen that oppose him and so on and so forth.

McCain would best be suited to remain in Congress which he is even jeopardizing re-election once he loses this election. So ask yourself GOPers, ex-Hillary supporters (which if you aren't backing Obama, then you turn your back on Hillary who supports him) and anyone else not up to date on the current GLOBAL situations, who do you reakky think is best suited for the leader of the free world?

McCain's true colors are coming out like a flood of red with his stance on Affirmative Action in Arizona. He is a hater of all that does not benefit the Republican party. He despises the Democratic process and would just assume knock down the pillars of Justice that has been rebuilt on the backs of the people. Obama will re-unite our divided country the same way MLK Jr did by standing up to the hatred and evil of the few. This is a test of what the Constitution was made for. If it fails, this country fails.

McCain has voted against VA benefits such as medical facilities, outpatient care and increasing the funding. Suicides are on the rise. And also 22,000 vets, I REPEAT 22,000!!!! vets have called the Suicide Hotline with him in congress and Bush at the controls. That's utter craziness. No one should have to go through what our troops have gone through. I have family and friends in the service that have to deal with this crap and McCain will only make it worse. He doesn't know what goes on in the VA hospitals because he never visits the troops!!!

McCain doesn't want to know what goes on with the veterans because he doesn't know what to do with problems they face. Obama has a vision to cover the woes that plague out VA system. Once we attain a coalition of countries to fight terrorism then we can focus on the United States and our economy. We need to bring countries together to fight terrorism instead of trying to fight it by ourselves. He has already set that in motion. Once that is accomplished we will be able to really say, yes we can!!!

McCain is a "we can do it all by ourselves" fame seeker. Can't solve any problems that way. It will only make things worse.

Obama is the candidate for the future. 22,000 servicemen contemplating suicide and all the militaries are asking for our true support come November.

Skallway, The media and everyone else is swept up with Barack Hussien Obama because he is the intellegent choice. McCain proof that every time he opens his pie-hole. The fact that you can't understand it is certainly not suprising. Turn the dial if it's hurting your head. If the only thing you can say about mcCain is that you doubt he can refloat the ship that the republicans ran aground, isn't it time for a President who can at least retrieve his email?

Those by "nature" really againts a good candidate as Obama can still get Republican candidate by attending Ron Paul convention and Vote for him in fall,i think Ron Paul is much better Republican than John McCain itself.

Maverick GOP presidential candidate Ron Paul has booked an arena in Minneapolis for a "mini-convention" that could steal some of John McCain's thunder just days before he accepts the Republican nomination.
A Paul campaign aide said the Texas congressman hopes to pack about 11,000 supporters into the Williams Arena at the University of Minnesota on Sept. 2, which coincides with the second day of the Republican National Convention at the Xcel Energy Center in neighboring St. Paul.

Paul, 72, will announce details for the rally Thursday at the start of the Texas Republican Convention in Houston.

The campaign hopes the daylong event will "send a message to the Republican Party," Paul campaign spokesman Jesse Benton tells the Tribune-Review.

I heard the 11,000 tickets is almost SOLD-OUT

MartinCarmel, Let me get this straight, You think the Jews are going to vote republican this year?

This will mean the Jews are going to join with the Aryan Nation Groups, The SkinHeads , those Church leaders like Falwell and Hagee who have condemned them to hell and those followers of the Turners Diarys whose votes are essential for the G OLD P.

While i'm on the subject, what endears you to those haters of Jews?

McCain is losing the war of the photos ops because the platform keeps moving and he's having trouble staying on.
After the no discussion foreign policy position of the Bush administration was adopted by McCain, Bush goes out and starts talking with both North Korea, and Iran.
After the effort to stay in Iraq indefinitely failed, McCain now has to admit we are getting out of Iraq soon.
McCain has stated he will keep in place the economic policies of Bush yet says he has a plan to turn the economy around, not exactly compatible positions especially when your economic advisors are the ones largely responsible for the economic chaos we now see
McCain???s health care plan has been formed by the very people who killed Clinton???s health care plan so you can't expect any change there, but McCain has to try to convince us it will change.
Obama has said for a long time the war on terror is in Afghanistan and wants to send troops there.
McCain now jumps in and says "Me too, me too I???ll even go one up???
And now we have News anchors actually altering the news to make McCain not seen to contradict himself.

Katy Coric should move to Faux news, she's lost what little credibility she had, and Faux news has no qualms about altering the news to suit their msg since they are "opinion news"

On top of a msg that is trying to catch up to Obama???s there are McCain???s gaff???s, he stated people ignore his ???misstatements because we know him?
Some people will I???m sure but if nothing else it shows he is not what one would call clear minded and that is difficult to ignore.

Personally I don???t care if he doesn???t know the difference between shih and Shiite or where Pakistan is, the GOP has taken America to a state of mediocracy, uncertainty and fear. McCain will only take us further down that road.

The fact is McCain is having trouble keeping up

How can McCain make an issue of Obama's character without appearing to go negative?

McCain remains the underdog. Obama's message is powerful because it is aspirational. McCain cannot win simply by going negative. Republicans must understand that any continued focus on Obama's association with demagogues, unrepentant terrorists, and shady characters like Resko is a waste of time. It only serves to alienate the undecided voters who are looking for a positive message.