McCain in Pain

I’ve decided, even though I’m a relative novice to American politics that it is far too interesting to ignore. It’s the first part of the newspaper I turn to, plus I was hooked on it when I was out in the States.

Recently I was in despair after Sarah Palin, “Miss September” looked to sink Obama’s campaign, and I wasn’t the only one to lose the faith; my house mate has bet £200 against Obama becoming President. Ha! More fool him because the tide has turned.

One month to go…

Obama must thank his lucky stars for the financial crisis and more specifically the messy $700 billion bailout. The chaos George Bush will leave the American economy in has nicely slurred McCain’s Campaign and damaged the Republican Party as a whole. McCain can no longer rely on the all American ‘I fought in ‘nam nonsense' he has propagated for so long.

As Michael Tomasky of the Guardian wrote yesterday, ‘the Republicans can’t win on substance. Most of their positions are too unpopular. They know this, and this is why they lie.’

The Republican Strategy 2008:

1. Be vague on all policies. Polls have indicated the swing state of Florida turning Democratic due to McCain looking to tax healthcare and privatise social security; policies which are alienating older Floridians from the Republican Party.
2. Stain Obama’s name as much as possible by associating him with the terrorist Bill Ayers.
3. Continue to report how much al-Quaida want Obama to win in November.
4. Continue winking, to identify as much as possible with empty symbolism such as ‘Joe Six-pack,’ and being a ‘hockey Mom.’

The morphing of the American Dream…

Who can afford a yacht, three kids at college and an annual family skiing holiday with such an uncertain financial economy? Hasn’t the American Dream become having a peaceful nights sleep, safe in the knowledge that your money is secure and you are debt free? McCain places emphasis not on reassuring the American population of his commitment to a better economy but on tearing the Democratic campaign down, rendering his own campaign empty. Obama and Biden merely have to remain substantive and strong in their policies to win…surely…?