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...McCain's benighted handlers had been stuck too deep in the Rovian mud to pick up on that. But in the days just before the debate, McCain returned to the acceptable boundaries of presidential politics with a punchy new stump speech that was plenty critical of Obama but critical on matters of substance, not inference. Obama would raise taxes. He would spend too much. He would "concede defeat in Iraq." And then, in a perfect valedictory to his career, McCain said, "I'm an American. And I choose to fight." It is impossible to say what McCain's fate would...
...structural weakness of McCain's position was evident every time Obama described a program - health care, education, energy - in the third debate. cnn's focus group of independent Ohioans would send the dials on their electric gizmos spinning into the stratosphere. They loved the idea that government would spend more on education or energy or regulate the health-insurance companies. They also loved the idea that government should do this carefully - McCain's best moment was when he described how he'd cut waste. But McCain always looked as if he were a kernel of corn about...
...first 30 minutes of last night's final debate, a sharper, more spirited John McCain took on Barack Obama. He had a clear message of low taxes and smaller government. He targeted an equally clear-cut audience: Joe the Plumber. (A real guy, who must be dodging every local news crew within 100 miles today.) McCain - henpecked by an incumbent he never liked, a dire economy he can't control and a newcomer with less baggage than the Tooth Fairy - suddenly seemed free from worry. He remembered his years as a leading man in those dramatic episodes of yesteryear - campaign...
...problem for McCain was that no matter how hard or how crisply he punched, it would not last. In the end, the gravity of the debate returned to Obama. The turning point was when McCain finally brought up the issue of Obama's ties to former anti-Vietnam War terrorist William Ayers. All McCain accomplished was to swing the spotlight away from himself back to the engaging newcomer. Predictably, Obama had a mild answer ready - as straightforward and uncontroversial as it was soothing. Was it entirely candid? Who asks that of Cary Grant...
...look at the sweep of this election year, you can see how everything funnels down to the basic question of Barack Obama. This is a "change" year if ever there was one. McCain can't help it that fewer than 10% of Americans believe the country is on the right track - the lowest number since polls were invented...