McCain vs Obama 2008 with...

[CatoMinor]

Lee Atwater as McCain's manager. If Atwater was alive for 2008, how much of a differance could he have made?

[Bo]

NC and IN flip to McCain. No other changes.

[Obnoxiously Slutty Girly Girl]

[#CriminalizeSobriety]

[Derek]

I give McCain 247.

[Ameriplan]

I don't think anything changes because Obama still has an army of jobless people (whose money earners are at work) to volunteer, people from Saudi Arabia and Kenya donating money illegally, and of course, First Name Last Name, of Detroit, in his corner.

[tmthforu94]

I don't think anything changes because Obama still has an army of jobless people (whose money earners are at work) to volunteer, people from Saudi Arabia and Kenya donating money illegally, and of course, First Name Last Name, of Detroit, in his corner.

Haha, I like you.

[#CriminalizeSobriety]

I don't think anything changes because Obama still has an army of jobless people (whose money earners are at work) to volunteer, people from Saudi Arabia and Kenya donating money illegally, and of course, First Name Last Name, of Detroit, in his corner.

Atwater's smear tactics were legendary. He definetly could've stoaked tension in places like Florida or North Carolina with a "Reverend Wright" ad.

Not to mention any competent campaign manager would've told McCain to stop going for broke in Pennsylvania, when it wasn't making a difference.

[Obnoxiously Slutty Girly Girl]

I don't think anything changes because Obama still has an army of jobless people (whose money earners are at work) to volunteer, people from Saudi Arabia and Kenya donating money illegally, and of course, First Name Last Name, of Detroit, in his corner.

Atwater's smear tactics were legendary. He definetly could've stoaked tension in places like Florida or North Carolina with a "Reverend Wright" ad.

Not to mention any competent campaign manager would've told McCain to stop going for broke in Pennsylvania, when it wasn't making a difference.

People told McCain to attack Obama on Wright and the rest of Obama's controversial associations. It was McCain himself who refused to go through with that.

[Ameriplan]

I don't think anything changes because Obama still has an army of jobless people (whose money earners are at work) to volunteer, people from Saudi Arabia and Kenya donating money illegally, and of course, First Name Last Name, of Detroit, in his corner.

Atwater's smear tactics were legendary. He definetly could've stoaked tension in places like Florida or North Carolina with a "Reverend Wright" ad.

Not to mention any competent campaign manager would've told McCain to stop going for broke in Pennsylvania, when it wasn't making a difference.

I think the biggest problen was that the nom of Sarah Palin was amazingly short-sighted. It was only done to distract people from Obama's DNC speech, and it worked, but it didn't really pan out for the election.

[Derek]

I don't think anything changes because Obama still has an army of jobless people (whose money earners are at work) to volunteer, people from Saudi Arabia and Kenya donating money illegally, and of course, First Name Last Name, of Detroit, in his corner.

Atwater's smear tactics were legendary. He definetly could've stoaked tension in places like Florida or North Carolina with a "Reverend Wright" ad.

Not to mention any competent campaign manager would've told McCain to stop going for broke in Pennsylvania, when it wasn't making a difference.

I think the biggest problen was that the nom of Sarah Palin was amazingly short-sighted. It was only done to distract people from Obama's DNC speech, and it worked, but it didn't really pan out for the election.

It worked until the financial crisis.

[#CriminalizeSobriety]

I don't think anything changes because Obama still has an army of jobless people (whose money earners are at work) to volunteer, people from Saudi Arabia and Kenya donating money illegally, and of course, First Name Last Name, of Detroit, in his corner.

Atwater's smear tactics were legendary. He definetly could've stoaked tension in places like Florida or North Carolina with a "Reverend Wright" ad.

Not to mention any competent campaign manager would've told McCain to stop going for broke in Pennsylvania, when it wasn't making a difference.

I think the biggest problen was that the nom of Sarah Palin was amazingly short-sighted. It was only done to distract people from Obama's DNC speech, and it worked, but it didn't really pan out for the election.

Yes and no.

All things considered, McCain needed media-attention. His campaign needed an overall "buzz."

Consider the other VP picks.

Romney? Bad blood, integrity issues, etc. (Flip-flops discounted, he was at best, a generic 'conservative' and had the image of a used car salesman.)

T-Paw? Yawn.

Kay-Bay? Not necessarily a bad pick, but some already skeptical of McCain would've been turned off by her being pro-choice.

Lieberman? That would've gotten ugly.

So really, all of these picks are at best, lackluster. McCain didn't need a regular pass, he needed a Hail Mary. Unfortunately, it didn't catch.

[Derek]

Haha army of jobless people? I heard that.

[Derek]

McCain is a selfless moral man who does what's right in the face of adversity regardless of the political cost.

[Bo]

McCain is a selfless moral man who does what's right in the face of adversity regardless of the political cost.

Same for Palin.

[Derek]

McCain is a selfless moral man who does what's right in the face of adversity regardless of the political cost.

Same for Palin.

Yes they are both great people.