Guardian UK: Republicans brace for McCain defeat

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McCain is heading for defeat, says Republican analyst
Voters lose faith in party amid economic meltdown

Suzanne Goldenberg in Washington
The Guardian, Wednesday October 8 2008


John McCain is heading to near-certain defeat in the presidential election because American voters no longer trust Republicans on the economy, a strategist for the party warned yesterday.

Steve Lombardo, who has worked on Republican campaigns since 1992 and advised McCain's opponent, Mitt Romney, in the primaries, said it would take a major external event, such as a terrorist attack or a crippling error by Barack Obama, for McCain to make a comeback.

"Basically unless there is some external event the dynamics of this race are being driven almost entirely by the financial situation here in the United States and globally, and that works for Barack Obama," Lombardo told the Guardian.

"If there isn't some sort of event or, God forbid, a terrorist attack that moves the election on to foreign affairs or national security, it is unlikely that McCain can regain the lead, just because voters have decided that the base of the problems they face are the Republican party, George Bush, and, by extension, John McCain."

McCain last night tried to get past Obama's advantage on the economy by making a personal connection with voters, in the second of three presidential debates in Nashville, Tennessee. .......(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/oct/08/uselections2008.johnmccain

[tsuki]

1. A terrorist attack would seal Bush's legacy as The.Worst.President.EVER. nt

[Arugula Latte]

2. "near-certain defeat" for McCain -- beautiful words