Jennifer Donahue
NHIOP Political Director & Harvard IOP Fellow
FYI saw McCain in Manchester and he was so much better than in states he is less comfortable with. That said, low turnout, feeling of depression among Republicans about his prospects and GOP Sen. John Sununu's.
Ended speech on a high note with the "Fight, fight, fight for what we believe in" shout by McCain. Likely it will not go his way even in the state that knows him best.
btw he is not, as ABC reports, pulling out of NH. He is just pulling some cash out of a state he is already up in, and knows he can't buy it anyway.
If he wants to seal the deal in NH, he'd have to camp out here like he did in the primaries in 2000 and 2008, something he can't do in a General Election. And if he can't win NH, what other battleground states can he realistically do it in?
| Annie Kate |
October 23rd, 2008 2:54 pm ET I think McCain will win a couple of the battleground states but not enough to put him over the top. If he needs to be in every state on election day to win then he's pretty well sunk. He may fool us though – his candidacy has seemed dead and in rigor mortis several times already and has come back to life. Who knows – he may do it again. Annie Kate |
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| Molly B. |
October 23rd, 2008 3:06 pm ET I fervently hope he will slip down and out. Here's what I think he thinks. |
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| Brenda Harris |
October 23rd, 2008 3:06 pm ET Am I going to be the first to say it. I damn sure want to spread the wealth. I have worked my - off for years and have never gotten the compensation I believed I deserved. In Ten years, I never got even a 10 dollar raise. I just kept getting gold stickers for all of my hard work. |
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| Rich B - Knoxville |
October 23rd, 2008 4:09 pm ET McCain is "Up In" New Hampshire ?? So he's pulling "Some" money out ?? - Both previous statements may in fact be true (??) or maybe Palin's "Alaskan dream machine" is just making things up again to get some 2012 limelight, however, the RNC is pulling everything out of the entire North East USA as a "Lost Cause" - Perhaps they see the handwriting on the wall better than Palin – I mean McCain!!! What other democrat leaning state should McCain focus on - Lets see. There are so many - How about Virginia, or North Carolina, or Arizona, or Illinois, or - Well, the list just goes on and on doesn't it - |
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| JOSEPH H QUAYE |
October 23rd, 2008 4:31 pm ET he will do well in Alaska and Russia |
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| oj dan |
October 23rd, 2008 5:16 pm ET Am still talking about his retirement,at 72 you are old enough to do an active work let alone ruling the world not only America. |
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