Now, this story is just weird.

[BenBurch]

http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/10/13/campaign.wrap/index.html

"Let me give you the state of the race today and some straight talk. We have 22 days to go. We're 6 points down. The national media has written us off," McCain said to a sea of boos.

CNN's most recent poll of polls shows Sen. Barack Obama leading McCain by 8 percentage points, 49 to 41 percent.


"... My friends, we've got them just where we want them," he said.
:boggled:

[Pookster]

He wants to play the role of Underdog. You know, the lovable mutt.

[Cleon]

He wants to play the role of Underdog. You know, the lovable mutt.

"Thank you, Sen. McCain. You're humble and lovable."

Nah. Not working for me.

[Pookster]

When America's in trouble, I am not slow,
So it's hip! hip! hip! and away I go.

[NorfolkAtheist]

He has to keep his supporters confident that they can still win this thing. To do otherwise would be weird and politically suicidal.

[joobz]

Actually, I think he's right.

The spread is far enough to instill convidence in your opponent, but not so far as to rule out an upset.

What McCain wants right now is to breed complacency in the die-hard Obama-ites* and still allow a last 72 hour push (some heavy hitting smear ads) to steal back the easily swayed middle voters.


*The College/young voters are fickle and if you can convince them that they don't need to go to the booth, then that's to McCain's advantage.

[Foster Zygote]

He wants to play the role of Underdog. You know, the lovable mutt.

No ma, Ol' Whitey's my dog... I'll do it.

[BenBurch]

joobz, the last 72 can't matter enough if 1/3 of the votes are already cast. And it appears they will be.

[joobz]

joobz, the last 72 can't matter enough if 1/3 of the votes are already cast. And it appears they will be.
Interestingly, I haven't decided if that's a good argument for or against prevoting.

[BenBurch]

Interestingly, I haven't decided if that's a good argument for or against prevoting.

It just is.

No doubt it enfranchises more people.

In McCain's favor, some of the people now voting are quite aged, and won't be alive to vote on November 4th.

In Obama's favor there are more opportunities for the working poor to make it to the polls.

And it does begin to lock in whomever is leading NOW, so it changes the whole dynamic of the election.

I'm not really sure what other effects it has, though.

Time will tell.

[Dr Adequate]

joobz, the last 72 can't matter enough if 1/3 of the votes are already cast. And it appears they will be. Except that those votes already cast will have been cast by the die-hards whose votes wouldn't have been swayed in the last 72 hours.

[BenBurch]

Except that those votes already cast will have been cast by the die-hards whose votes wouldn't have been swayed in the last 72 hours.

Well, I'm not sure of that. Is there any polling to support that idea?