Week #9, Blog #2

At 11:00 am on 10/31/08 Fox News is featuring a story that includes statements from Senator John McCain that we will be up late on Election Night. McCain is predicting a surge at the polls at the last minute and he is dismissing the fact that Democrats have cast more early votes through-out the country than has Republicans.

"We are going to win this election but I understand that it is still an uphill fight, and I have got to be the underdog right up until the polls open," McCain said. "And I am serious about that -- that's when we do best."

In a recent Fox News poll McCain is leading Obama by double digits when it comes to foreign policy issues and has almost a 50 point lead when it comes to who has the experience to be the Commander-in-Chief.

McCain knows that the undecided voters at this point are who is going to decide this election. He is traveling extensively through-out battleground states such as Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and others trying to make that last minute effort to get Republicans to the polls and convince undecided voters that he is not another term of Bush policies but instead a new direction for our country.

I think that if McCain stays on this issue of social the economic pie (wealth) then that will resonate with some voters. Just the fear of someone leading our country towards a Socialist agenda scares people into voting for the other candidate. He needs to keep stating his credentials that he has the experience necessary to lead our Armed Forces. There are several areas where McCain can help his cause but he needs to stick to those areas and back off tactics that aren't effective.