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December 21, 2007
McCain's Resurgence
The reports of his demise have been greatly exaggerated. We always thought John McCain had a chance to find his way back into the race for the 2008 Republican presidential nomination, albeit a small one. His campaign had a disastrous first half of the year, and he was left for dead by the rest of the field during the summer.
The trouble for the rest of the field is, it stinks, and GOP voters know it. For many weeks, "undecided" led in the polls. Various flavors of the month were tried -- Giuliani, Romney, Thompson (the idea at least), and most recently Huckabee, but none of these guys seems to have any staying power. McCain, meanwhile, scaled back his operation, dropped the right-wing pandering routine that was so transparently phony, and quietly began to right the ship, mostly focusing on New Hampshire.
McCain's poll numbers stabilized at a low but still present level, and one by one his rivals began falling by the way side. The Arizona senator is now looking like the fallback choice. His poll numbers in Iowa and New Hampshire are on the move, and his once dead fundraising appears to be showing signs of life.
We have always believed McCain was the most electable of the 2008 Republican lot. He's a serious policy guy, has been around long enough to be completely vetted, and still maintains considerable crossover appeal to independent voters (especially when he dumped the Jerry Falwell routine.) In fact, we think he's the only electable candidate on the GOP side. A number of newspaper editorial boards seem to concur.
Watch John McCain folks. He appears to be back from the dead.
Posted by houtopia at December 21, 2007 11:01 PM