Worst Campaign Ever?

This is the quinessential fouled up campaign. The senate members are part of a collegial boy's club that doesn't like to get down and dirty. Politicas is a in the trenches battle. If you don't have the stomach ffor it stay out. Sarah Palin was a bright spot. They totally misdeirected how they used her in the campaign.
Where were the real uses of Wright, Fleger, Ayers, cause of the sub-prime mess (Frank, Dood and the liberals).
How about oil drilling, off shore etc., cost of electricity ("it will skyrocket), "I'm going to bankrupt coal", and that didn't get them Pennsylvania and Ohio. Are thoe idiots in those states out of touch. I hope they feel good today, wait until the cap and trade foolishness starts and there cities will be like graveyards. Good luck to you idiots then. Who was the genius in the campaign atht set Sarah Palin up with left wing Gibson and the stupid talk show host Couric. These were edited to make her look terrible. They could have gone on Fox and had a half hour of tough questions and no editing. You dopes that ran this campaign were and always will be stupid. Please do the Conservatives and the Republican's a favor and get out of the consulting and campaign management business. Maybe you can get a job supersizing orders at McDonald's!!!

McCain did not do too bad all things considered. He & Palin got 46% of the popular vote when no poll I've seen had him at more than 42%. The only poll that mattered came in at 46%, four points more than virtually all the polls preceding the election.

But we can't deny that Obama won decisively, especially in the electoral count. If you assume that McCain's vote was virtually all white and that non-hispanic whites constitute at least 70% of the electorate, then McCain got 65.7% of the white vote. This means that Obama only got about 1/3 of the white vote. This is a clear repudiation of him by white America. The non-whites put him in office but he is accountable to the non-hispanic white majority. This is still a center-right nation and the liberal Dems can only go so far in trying to screw it up!

This campaign has been the dirtiest and most back-stabbing campaign from the time Palin wa announced as the new V>P> She did nothing to enhance the people into believing that she could be anything except the catty "B----" that she is. I just wish we could have seen her an Hillary in a debate, (who do you think would have won. McCain ran a good fight but his choices were not good ones, Lets face it the best man won!!!!!

It really did not matter who won. In the words of the late, great George Carlin, "It was all bought and paid for long ago". What will happen would have happen regardless. Our Economy is still in shambles, and will probably still collapse. The incoming President will have to appeal to us for Billions or Trillions more, or talk us into going into a ONE WORLD Economic system. Most do not realize the the Federal Reserve is a private institution owned by foreign interests already. So once the oil exchange goes off the dollar, it will not be long before it all comes to pass.

As a Veteran... I can only hope that the wrong choice was not made and that the Conservative Right is....ughm, wrong. I wouldn't want to serve for a Commander-in-cheif that will not say the Pledge of Alligence, or place his hand over his heart. It's a requirement of those that he will have to send into harms way.... why should the Commander-In-Cheif be exempt?

Senator McCain's biggest mistake was catering to the social conservative wing of the party. His campaign shows that social conservatism has so tainted the traditional message of republicanism that the Republican Party is left severely weakened. After licking their wounds, Republicans need to purge these Goldwater want-to-bees out of the party. The economy is the great unifier. A party that concentrates primarily on that theme can secure an election.

Has anyone bothered to think that the McCain campain did exactly what it intended to do? Perhaps the powers that be knew that since there was no real way to keep the presidency, their goal should instead be to choose a respectable candidate who was willing to put himself out there and take the hit while the party (through the campaining process) raised important issues about the president-elect that needed to be addressed to keep him in check. Along the way, they introduced the world to (and tested the strength of)a woman who they knew would not become VP, but would, rather, pick up the torch for the next generation of conservatives? Never underestimate intentions or "losses." For a race that, for all intents and purposes, was going to be a loss, a lot of very important things came to light. I am a McCain supporter who is dissapointed, but very optimistic for the new administration and the future of America.

Has anyone bothered to think that the McCain campain did exactly what it intended to do? Perhaps the powers that be knew that since there was no real way to keep the presidency, their goal should instead be to choose a respectable candidate who was willing to put himself out there and take the hit while the party (through the campaining process) raised important issues about the president-elect that needed to be addressed to keep him in check. Along the way, they introduced the world to (and tested the strength of)a woman who they knew would not become VP, but would, rather, pick up the torch for the next generation of conservatives? Never underestimate intentions or "losses." For a race that, for all intents and purposes, was going to be a loss, a lot of very important things came to light. I am a McCain supporter who is dissapointed, but very optimistic for the new administration and the future of America.

I must say that it felt pretty good to see the media not harping over a Black Man and his faults for once in the history of my lifetime. Finally a good old boy and his gal pal were able to feel the intrusion, hostility and racism that the black man is subject to everyday. The Republicans have had a good run. Now it is time to move over and get ready for change.

Absolutely the worst run campaign that I have ever witness. There werre so many breakout opportunities and McCain's people did not take advantage of them. That is the problem with Senators running for this office. They are part of a collegial boy's club and don't know how to get in and fight. The one bright point was Sarah Palin. Shew was willing to mix it up. Then the campaign geniuses decided to muzzle her and then doubled up the mistake and put her in front of Gibson and Couric. BTW why didn't McCain fo on Fox. Thirrty minutes of unedited interview. Sarah, get more seasoning and come back. PR students, this is a good example of what not to do.
Wright, Fleger, Bankrupt coal, electricity to skyrocket, offshore drilling, nuclear. Who caused the sub-prime (Frank, Dodd and the liberals who forced loans onto people who had no business getting morgages).
The list goes on, Start planning today and hope that if history follows suit, then two years from now then the comeback can start.

mmateo--you obviously don't understand that THIS KIND OF TACTIC is exactly what helped elect Obama. It is an INEFFECTIVE way to convince people to see things as you see it. So if I didn' t work to say it 5 times, or 50 times, it won't work after 5,000 times. Are you only trying to convince yourself now?

I must say that it felt pretty good to see the media not harping over a Black Man and his faults for once in the history of my lifetime. Finally a good old boy and his gal pal were able to feel the intrusion, hostility and racism that the black man is subject to everyday. The Republicans have had a good run. Now it is time to move over and get ready for change.

As a 46 year old female, pro-choice, feminist, Independent, I have a message for the hypocrital far left, media and feminists. You do yourself a disservice to scream negativity when I have received more e-mails from my very liberal friends spewing lies and endoring hate about Gov. Sarah Palin than I have received from my far right, very conservative friends doing the same about Barak Obama. Just as the ridiculous e-mails about Barak ignored the facts of his life, the e-mails and hate-filled rants about Sarah Palin have ignored the facts of her life and her record. The far left talks about intolerance, but I have never read or heard so much intolerance being uttered more proudly than I have from the left, the media and feminists during the past eight weeks. Take a deep breath and relax. You don't have to hate someone or demonize them to vote against them. Sarah Palin had a horrific couple initial interviews, but so did Barak Obama two years ago. She has an enviable record of reform, bipartisanship and accomplishment in Alaska that has been completely distorted and almost completely erradicated by the far left, the media and feminists. Disgraceful and sexist statements were casually bandied about by feminists and others which were particularly distressing to me. Being pro-choice is about more than abortion , it's about being allowed to make your own choices on your beliefs and your lifestyle. Being a feminist is about more than trading in the mindset of the male dominated world for the mindset of self-appointed leaders in the feminist movement who showed themselves to be more partisan than feminist. It's about making your own choices, respecting others choices, refraining from demonizing someone who thinks and makes choices differently than yours, and defending a woman's right to her own mind and her own beliefs. Feminists, the media and liberals have disappointed me and its time that they look in the mirror. They should all be ashamed of themselves.

Hey Pumkinat! The "Republican Base" was NOT soundly defeated by the American people. The Republican base was not represented in this campaign.
But you are right that Obama won pretty handily. So, we give the man a chance. Let's pray for him that he does a good job. Fair enough?

I was once a fan of John McCain, however he has changed into a bitter (negative ads and how often did he use the word "fight!"), out of touch (how many Americans don't know how many homes they own), politically motivated (Sarah Palin) and incapable (Sarah Palin, Joe the Plumber-oops I mean just Joe who admittedly has "no plan" to buy the plumbing business and who would make out BETTER under Obama's tax plan) candidate for the presidency. Too bad, I might have voted for the old John McCain. Now he just seems "old."