tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-346310154784158602.post1015257226846750683..comments2023-09-28T08:44:10.623+01:00Comments on The Sound of Gunfire: Could McCain have won it?Bernard Salmonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16756716991445396009noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-346310154784158602.post-35048595953664992422008-11-07T08:16:00.000+00:002008-11-07T08:16:00.000+00:00Oh...and McCain was vastly outspent as well (which...Oh...and McCain was vastly outspent as well (which was probably originally indicative of Obama's greater popularity anyway but might be something that became self-fulfilling as the more Obama raised, the more momentum he was able to create by spending that money).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-346310154784158602.post-68534429938695143022008-11-07T08:12:00.000+00:002008-11-07T08:12:00.000+00:00A well written post (although, as you might expect...A well written post (although, as you might expect, I disagree with chunks of it). <BR/><BR/>I would also add that another factor was that McCain's campaign never really captured a media which appears to have been pretty much pro-Obama (and I'll find you quotes of liberal commentators agreeing about this if you think I'm just being a paranoid wing-nut). <BR/><BR/>At another time, I think the choice of Palin could have worked as she could have reinforced the impression that the campaign was more reflective of ordinary America (or at least that part that was referred to as "bitter...cling[ing] to guns or religion") than the Obama campaign. Likewise Joe the Plumber highlighted the fact that, indeed, there were downsides to The One’s economic policies.<BR/><BR/>I would agree that the Ayres stuff etc was an irrelevance in the current climate…but can’t help thinking that if McCain had ever been foolish enough to sit on boards with someone who had bombed abortion clinics, then this would have been used just as vociferously by his opponents to tar him. In other words, it’s politics and it’s sometimes a nasty game for a high prize.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com