How is it possible?

[kentuck]

That polls show McCain would beat Hillary by 3 points and lose to Obama by 3 points? How is it possible that after all this nation has gone thru in the last 7 years that people are still willing to put the Republicans back in power? After the wars, the deaths, the incompetence, the lies, the torture, the division, the disaster that we have experienced and continue to experience, people are still willing to put these folks in charge? What is wrong with our Party? What is wwrong with America?

[TwilightGardener]

1. He's got a cult of personality. He's a known commodity, same as Rudy,

with an instant base of support simply out of name recognition. Many who aren't paying attention yet don't know much about his crazy-ass war-forevah stand, other than he served in the military/was a POW and has supported the war as a Repub. The GOP could run Daffy Duck and probably get 35%. Once our nominee is chosen, the laser focus will harm him.

[Mz Pip]

4. Worked so well for Rudy

didn't it.

Whoever our nominee is has to focus on McCain's desire to have troops in Iraq for 100 years.

How many more troops and how much bigger of a deficit will be required to accomplish something that 70% of Americans don't want? McCain needs to be hammered on that.

"Wave a white flag of surrender" hardy applies when we've invaded the country, toppled the dictator, had him executed and established a democracy." That sounds like WINNING to me, not a surrender. Give the Iraqis their country back. IT's the least we can do.

Mz Pip
:dem:

[TwilightGardener]

5. Right. The more people saw Rudy, the less they liked him, although

he started out the presumed front-runner and beat Hillary and Obama in head-to-head polls--he had high favorability ratings, indies liked him, everybody was familiar with him. And then he sank like a stone. McCain's war position is extreme even for Republicans, and it will indeed cost him the general election. Add to that his age, his frail appearance, his tendency to repeat the same jokes and lines over and over, his lack of ideas and initiatives on anything other than the Surge, and his nasty smirky curmudgeon ways, and he's sunk.

[spartan61]

2. You said it all!! I agree with you.

[bellasgrams]

3. I don't understand why all the Repbs but Ron Paul are pro-War.

I know Repbs that are against the War but will still vote Repb. I think it's the abortion issue or religious issue. They are leaning Huckabee.