**GOP frets about McCain's strategy and prospects

[firedupdem]

http://freep.com/article/20081012/NEWS15/81012030


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Several Republicans, who spoke on condition of anonymity to avoid angering McCain, said the campaign should have sought to plant doubts about Obama’s associations with 1960s-era radical William Ayers and others months ago, rather than waiting until the campaign’s final weeks. Doing so now, they said, makes the 72-year-old McCain come off as angry, grouchy and desperate, playing into Democrats’ hands.

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And the candidate himself, the target of a negative whisper campaign in the 2000 GOP primary, appears conflicted on the campaign trail. He’s cheery and smiling during question-and-answer sessions with crowds but becomes visibly annoyed -- even surly -- when he reads aloud scripted attacks on Obama and Democrats.


Despite the polls showing Obama with a lead nationally and challenging for states long in the Republican column, none of the Republicans interviewed said the race was lost. They said McCain can prevail if he presents himself as the optimistic visionary the public wants at deeply worrisome economic times.

[Trajan]

1. Optimistic visionary ...

The GOP is full of them ....

Oh ... wait: Who cares about that 'vision thing' anyways ?

Maybe what they are missing is Barbara's 'Beautiful mind' ....