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McCain's Poll Stability Boosts GOP Morale

August 12, 2008 04:53 PM ET | Paul Bedard | Permanent Link | Print

The apparent stability of Sen. John McCain's presidential campaign, the candidate's ability to stay close to foe Sen. Barack Obama in the polls, and better than expected fundraising have all combined to boost Republican Party morale. "We feel a lot better than before," a key party aide tells Whispers. "Our morale is much better and I think we're getting our fighting game back on." Party officials agree that morale was in the dumps after McCain for a second time shook up his campaign and also as the press was fawning over Obama. But insiders credit Steve Schmidt and his aggressive "celebrity" ad campaign with breathing new life back into the GOP. Also, party officials tell us, the Republican National Committee and the McCain campaign will be announcing better-than-expected fundraising numbers soon, something they call proof that the party faithful are also back in the game.

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Say No To Celebrity

Thats right, this is an election for the office of the President of the United States and whatever needs to be done to remind people of that absolutely must be done. All credit to the Sen McCain's campaign for alerting the american public that this isnt an exercise in selecting the American Idol and no amount of fawning worshipers here or in Germany will convince any intelligent voter to cast his or her vote for a candidate who wants to claim the Presidency on the basis of lofty oratory and not much else. Go Steve Schmidt !!

McCain will pull ot out

It is now looking like it will be the the biggest political blunder of all time. This election should have been a cake walk for the democrats. I still can't believe that the best they could come up with was the wife of an ex-impeached president and an inexperienced African American. If the dempcrats would have nominated a Biden-Richardson ticket, they would not even had to campaign.

Elections

It is sad to see McCain sink into the gutter with his lies and attacks in ads and speeches. I thought that Bush was bad, but the great hero is worse. The public is getting sick of childish liesstatements and ads such as those used by McCain. The gutter mentality of this kind of politics stinks. Something needs to be done to establish rules that require that candidates stick to the issues and not play in the gutter.

Maybe, the media should now probe into the allegations of McCain's infedelity. Is it fair to omit this part of his background while vetting he other John?

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