Posted by
Jesse Childers on Wednesday, October 15, 2008 8:42:56 AM
Countdown to election day kicks off with the final presidential debate, tonight. McCain has got to come out and be bold, passionate, and tear down Obama's plan. McCain has to pick apart Obama on taxes and economy and convince people why his own is much better for America. It will be tough because Obama, a trained lawyer and good debater, is tough on the defense. He's got to level with the folks and put it a way that people get. He's got to come off as the leader and be memorable. People have such short memories that McCain has got to make this effort.
McCain cannot be the same in this one as he was before, although I believe he won, he didn't convince the undecideds of that. I think these people need to stand for something and get on board with one ideological philosophy or the other, but thats neither here nor there. They believe how they believe, and McCain is double bogie with these people. He also would do well to paint Obama with the brush of elitism and left-wing radicalism that is being kept from...apparently...most people. I sometimes wonder, though, if people just don't care about that, or perhaps, they are fine with it. How frightening is that!
Listening to the focus groups, they may very well not care about Obama's elitism or leftist agenda. If McCain wants to expose him he's got to do it with tact. He's got to find a way that will not seem negative, but kind of like, "ah ha, gotcha", and make the folks think, but then quickly shift back to the hard issues. That's what people want to hear about. He's got to hit these issues clearly and concisely, detailed yet simple. Economy is unfortunately issue number one for most, and the only issue for many. McCain has the better policies but can't seem to get it across. He's got to connect tonight.
McCain will have to put on his flight suit and challenge Obama. I mean actually challenge the man to the point where he is stuttering like an idiot. And he can do it, and people will say, "hmm, that guy cannot defend his position." And he has to get the American people fired up.
This is a tall tall order for McCain, but he has the resilience to prevail.