Worst Campaign Ever?

CONGRATS TO MY CANDIDATE MR OBAMA. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE MUCH MORE HUMOR THE NEXT TIME WE ELECT A PRESIDENT. THE NEGATIVE ADS WERE SICKENING. IT WAS SO GRAND TO SEE THE CANDIDATES AT THAT DINNER PARTY MAKING FUN OF EACH OTHER AND THEMSELVES. FUNNY WINS EVERY TIME! KEEP THAT IN MIND ESPECIALLY YOU DARK LOVING YOU REPUBLICANS NEXT TIME!!

ad23@ymail.com To aii you who can't accept the FACT that the WE THE PEOPLE HAVE ELECTED A BLACK PRESIDENT NEEDTO LEAVE THIS COUNTRY OR GET BACK UNDER YOUR ROCKS WITH ALL THE RACISIM BULL ***.because people are losing their homes,jobs and life SAVING AND WE NEED TO concentrate on getting this country back on the ring track.

I think there was something wrong with the new poll machines, defects,if you voted Republican you were actually voting Democrat and if you voted Democrat you were actually voting Republican. The card that they gave you to use the poll machine the barcodes were backwards. Needs to be checked into and revoted. Something is not right about these numbers. Contact your voter administration and check to see who comes up as to who you voted for. I am sure they have a record of it.

Independent of the things out of the candidates' control, this lifelong Republican observed two very different campaign styles. While one candidate put in play a very disciplined, strategic, and team oriented plan of action, the other relied on old school fear, moment by moment tactics, and a fractured team. I'm not sure if BO stands for Blow Out or Barack Obama, but I am relieved the calm man prevailed.

When the author gets simple facts wrong, you have to question the whole article - no one ever yelled "kill him" at a McCain campaign rally - this act was well investigated by the Secret Service.

McCain lost because he didn't know why he was running and clearly could not articlulate why he wanted to be President. McCain failed to respond to the numerous silly statements by Obama and Biden. His campaign mismanaged the Palin roll-out - CBS News? Give me a break.! Finally, McCain thought that if he played nice, so would the Democrats - Obama was all for campaign finance reform, i.e. reform for Republicans, not Democrats.

Acting like Democrats will not get the Republicans anywhere - I am tired of this logic. If the people want Democrats in office, they will vote for the real thing.

When the author gets simple facts wrong, you have to question the whole article - no one ever yelled "kill him" at a McCain campaign rally - this act was well investigated by the Secret Service.

McCain lost because he didn't know why he was running and clearly could not articlulate why he was running. McCain failed to respond to the numerous silly statements by Obama and Biden. His campaign mismanaged the Palin roll-out - CBS News? Give me a break.! Finally, McCain thought that if he played nice, so would the Democrats - Obama was all for campign finance reform - reform for Republicans, not Democrats.

Acting like Democrats will not get the Republicans anywhere. If the people want Democrats in office, they will vote for the real thing.

I think John McCain lost because the Republican Party chose to ignore Republicans who were not wealthy or influential. These voters were not members of the "religious right", or other extremists who could be placated with lip service to their pet issue. They were working class and middle class citizens who saw their jobs go overseas without any resistance from their elected officials. The Republican Party was not interested in the learning about needs of these voters. I am one of these disenfranchised Republicans. I showed my dissatisfaction the only way left to me. I "voted the bums out"!
FW in NC

Typical Newsweek. McCain did seem inept but so did Obama. Only difference was the press downplayed or made excuses for Obama while blowing every misstep by McCain totally out of proportion.

Comment: The results of this election are bound to be misread. Yes, turn-out for the election was record breaking, and yes, Senator McCain was the survivor of a grueling primary election, so he deserved to be the party's standard-bearer. However, the primary process was, from my perspective, flawed at the inception. Given the lack of eligible voter safeguards in the first two primary states, regional interests, and a biased media ready to exploit the situation, it is hardly surprising that the machinery ground out a product that was unpalatable for most conservatives.

Neither Iowa nor New Hampshire have requirements that prevent out-of-states from participating in their selection process. Because of this, the door is open for mischiveous opposition activity attempting to skew elections away from candidates having more potential to be dangerous long term threats.

Further, in Iowa, any candidate who dares to forthrightly point out not only that ethanol costs more to produce than can be had for it, but also that the production process is more environmentally damaging that burning an equivalent amount of fossil fuel might as well leave the state. And New Hampshire has leaned toward the left like the rest of New England.

Finally, the mainstream media restricts coverage of some candidates. This practice denies the poorly covered candidates access to a wider audience. The media usually defend their decision to cover some candidates and not others with the rationale that the candidate is not exciting attention. They fail to point out, however, that in fact it is the media that the candidate is not exciting, and that is because he/she is not saying things the media likes to hear. So candidates with messages that run counter to the left-leaning media are mainly left out in the cold.

So, the 'winner' that this scenario provided was Senator McCain. Sure, the process rattled on for awhile, but the template was already set. Romney was a Mormon who was too rich to identify with the common man, Fred Thompson was too old and tired, and Huckabee was interesting but an evangelical. Now John McCain -- HE was willing to take on the evil forces in Washington and face them even if they were in his own party.

The media got exactly what they wanted, the highest profile Republican they could get that actually acted like he didn't care about his own party, and stood with liberals on several key issues. They would turn on him in the crunch, but they needed to put him in position like a lamb to be slaughtered.

It's little wonder that circa 20% of Republicans voted for the other guy.

Senator Obama won -- congrats. He deserved to win because he ran a great campaign. It is a history-making achievement, and I'm genuinely glad to have African-Americans know that they can attain the highest office in the land. But don't read more into it than is there.