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Thursday, May 15, 2008

McCain's First Term: 2013

Posted by: Matt Lewis at 9:51 AM

Update: You want change? I'll give you change! This was one of McCain's best speeches. This exactly the message he needs to win in November. This McCain will win in '08. Read below ...

John McCain will make remarks today in Columbus, OH, outlining how he envisions the world will look in 2013 -- after his first term. This includes a "functioning Democracy" in Iraq. Focusing on the future (as if he's already been elected) strikes me as a pretty good -- and creative -- idea for McCain to address. Here's a web ad about that very topic:

Update: Promising transparency and access, McCain vowed to hold weekly press conferences. Lyn Nofziger, Reagan's press secretary is probably smiling somewhere. He told me (and wrote in his book) that Reagan was at his best when he did weekly press conferences. This kept the press from "building up" questions to ask, etc. The press needs food -- and you've gotta' "feed the beast" to keep them happy.

... McCain also vowed to go before Congress more, simiar to what the Prime Minister does in Britain. He also vowed to have Democrats working in the Administration.

... Further "divorcing" himself from President Bush, this was, arguably, McCain's best line:

After exercising my veto several times in my first year in office, Congress has not sent me an appropriations bill containing earmarks for the last three years.

... The press is reacting to the speech positively: "That speech is what the Democrats really have to worry about," - Jonathan Capart of the WaPost on MSNBC.

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Joe writes:	Thursday, May, 15, 2008 10:02 AM
What will 2013 look like after 4 years
of Barack Obama's Neocarterism (with possibly John Edwards as Veep)?
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Joe writes:	Thursday, May, 15, 2008 11:05 AM
Pasadena Phil and Virginia Patriot
Hmmm, look at this: For example, last year a CBS News poll asked, "Should illegal immigrants be prosecuted and deported or shouldn't they?" And 69% of respondents favored deportation. When the same interviewers asked the same respondents what should happen to illegal immigrants who have lived and worked in the U.S. for at least two years, and then offered a specific alternative to deportation, only 33% favored deportation; 62% said they should be given a chance to keep their jobs and eventually apply for legal status. When a separate Gallup poll asked a similar question but offered four alternatives, just 13% favored deportation, and 78% said illegal immigrants should be allowed to keep their jobs and apply for citizenship. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121080967841993539.html?mod =opinion_main_commentaries
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Virginia Patriot writes:	Thursday, May, 15, 2008 11:31 AM
Can't Wait For July
The address to the National Council of The Race (LaRaza in Spanish) should be very interesting. After his Gore-bull Warming speech, McCain is out Obamaing Obama. Bob Barr. Bob Barr. Bob Barr.
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Virginia Patriot writes:	Thursday, May, 15, 2008 11:36 AM
Joe
Polls, Polls, Polls. The one that counts is in November. McCain is toast. GOP-RIP
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londongrl writes:	Thursday, May, 15, 2008 11:57 AM
Good ideas.
This is what McCain needs to do to separate himself from the Bush years.
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