Time: Never Underestimate McCain, But...
Jul 22, 11:27 AM CST
Time Magazine has an interesting story on the state of the Presidential race:
John McCain might seem like a long shot. He’s the Republican nominee at a time when the two-term Republican President is wildly unpopular and Republicans are losing elections in perennially Republican districts and the party base isn’t exactly drooling over him. He supported the president’s unpopular efforts to transform Iraq and revamp Social Security; he was against the Bush tax cuts before he was for them. He’s a 71-year-old Washington hand in a change election. And his 46-year-old opponent is a lot better at raising money, delivering speeches, drawing crowds and registering new voters.
Oh, let’s just admit it: John McCain is a long shot. He’s got a heroic personal story, and being white has never hurt a presidential candidate, but on paper 2008 just doesn’t look like his year. And considering what’s happening off paper, it might be time to ask the question the horse-race-loving media are never supposed to ask: Is McCain a no-shot?
Read the full story here.
– by Eric Van Horn | Send this to a friend
