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...Obama Effect The media make much ado about the so-called Bradley effect [Nov. 3]. And it doesn't take a genius to see that John McCain and Sarah Palin have counted on this racial motivation to help them overcome the consequences of their poorly run campaign. But we must now factor in an even more potent quotient: the Obama effect - that quality whereby the more you get to know a politician, the more you like and trust him or her. Across the board, Obama's ratings have steadily increased with key groups that had been cool toward him before...
Moderates like Crist have long urged Republicans to adopt a more upbeat offensive in the 21st century, especially during the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression. He and many of his statehouse peers contend that McCain flamed out in Florida and the nation in large part because his campaign followed a negative attack plan. "Right now, people want commonsense answers to problems that are not always ideologically based," Crist told TIME last week. "When it comes to pocketbook issues, I think they want the Florida way, a more bipartisan approach that aims for the sweet spot between hard right...
...that that is a unanimous opinion. There are many Republicans who think the party has to get back to its more conservative principles of smaller government and social issues rather than try to own the mushy middle ground. For those conservative zealots, Alaska governor and controversial McCain running mate Sarah Palin may be the future of the party - and she'll be in Miami this week as well. GOP watchers are bracing to see whether her rock-star appeal with the party's red-meat base will muffle any trend toward the center - or whether, in her much-rumored desire...
...governor in a landslide. His approval ratings since then - despite his difficulties fixing those problems -have been the highest in the state's history. Crist won more kudos last month when, seeing the unexpectedly epic lines at Florida polling sites, he extended early-voting hours - even though he knew McCain and the GOP were getting hammered by early voters...
...Many McCain backers like to say that the Republican nominee underperformed in Florida not because his message was off but because Crist didn't support him enough. But the evidence doesn't point to that. After all, Crist refused to campaign for an anti-gay-marriage amendment to Florida's constitution, yet it passed by a wide margin last week. So was it really Crist's lack of enthusiasm for the McCain campaign that sank the Arizona Senator in Florida - or was it the fact that the peninsula's conservative Republican base spent so much time, money and effort...