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...McCain will arrive on the campus of Belmont University facing a grim reality. He is behind in the polls nationally and in almost every state whose electoral votes will determine the outcome of his contest with Democratic nominee Barack Obama. The roller-coaster ride that has been McCain's presidential campaign has come to rest in a very bad place, with a candidate who has been angry and sarcastic on the trail, a running mate who is best known for being late-night comedy fodder, a dearth of momentum and, worst of all, an economic crisis that has pulverized Republican...
...McCain is a much better debate performer than is commonly acknowledged, but he would have to turn in his all-time best national performance to give his candidacy the kind of significant boost that it needs right now. And McCain's task has been made even more difficult by the sour, stumbling manner in which his campaign has operated in the past few days...
...that a big part of any successful effort to beat him in the general election would have to involve defining him as unacceptable and unqualified to be Commander in Chief. Clearly, the Republicans have not done enough on that score to influence public opinion and slow Obama down, and McCain will need to use the vast audience tuning in to the final two debates to effectively paint Obama in those negative terms...
...days ago, McCain's aides revealed perhaps unwisely an aggressive new game plan, in part to distract from the financial crisis that has been a political catastrophe for McCain. The attacks they have launched in the past three days - focusing on Obama's controversial past statements and relationships - have seemed utterly divorced from the daily concerns of Americans during these grimly chaotic economic times, as well as hasty, confusing and desperate...
...Fully warned about the impending McCain attack strategy, moreover, it is a safe bet that Obama in the debate will turn his cheek away from McCain, all the while metaphorically punching him hard for going negative and charging that the Republican is paying insufficient attention to the economic crisis and other pressing real-world issues...