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Originally Posted by dc_dux
When its all said and done, it will be interesting to hear McCain's reflection on this campaign.
I dont think he will look back fondly on how he sold himself out when he turned the campaign over to the Rove surrogates and the social conservative base of the party.
I thinks it clear the Palin wasnt his selection but he was convinced that he needed to shore up the conservative base. If he had his way, Lieberman would have been his running mate. They may have lost some of the base (but where else could they go?) but been much more competitive with the swing voters.
And its clear that the focusing of the campaign on "character" not "issues" was the strategy of the Rove disciples in positions of influence in his campaign.
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I wonder who runs the show. It's not McCain. He was probably forced to accept certain things as a condition for campaign support, which suggests that he was weak to begin with. The campaign has proven that he is an ineffectual leader.
Come to think of it, none of the Republican presidents were really powerful. Ronnie was out of it a couple months into his first term. Papa Bush did not have the popularity to be very powerful and depended on the Atwaters of the world to get him through. Bush II has never seemed to be fully in control of figures like Cheney, Rumsfeld, & Rove.