Comments on: Should Obama and Clinton Go After John McCain

By: C Stanley

C Stanley — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 13:27:43 +0000

Also, I think it would be very wise for McCain to constantly try to bait the two Dems into attacking him. He should constantly be commenting on their positions (politely, of course, though I’m cringing at the number of times he’s likely to use the phrase "my friends" LOL) and showing how his are different- so that they can’t avoid talking about him when they’re forced to respond to that.

By: C Stanley

C Stanley — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 13:23:41 +0000

I think the last point about media attention is the biggest reason that strategically, attacking McCain constantly would be bad for both Dem candidates. McCain stands to gain from the prolonged fight for the Dem nomination anyway- but the one way that it can hurt him (or not help) is if he falls off the public radar screen too much. The worst thing for McCain is to get no attention at all, and for the public to increasingly view the Dem primary process as the general election itself- as though we’re choosing between those two to become our next president. If the two of them start using the McCain attacks a lot, then the public will not forget that it’s really one of the two Dems vs. McCain in the general.

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