McCain is not your father’s Republican Party nominee

February 11th, 2008 | Category: Politics

One of the Democratic Party’s worst nightmares regarding the 2008 presidential election is coming to fruition: Sen. John McCain (R-Arizona) will be the Republican Party’s nominee.

Some investors / readers may argue that as a moderate, somewhat rebellious Republican and an advocate of the Iraq War, McCain will be a fairly easy candidate for the Democrats to oppose. Well, to borrow one of Vice President Gore’s renowned, low-key allusions, Now, I can see you really haven’t researched the matter thoroughly.

True, the short-term forces — issues — are against McCain. The economy is barely growing, or

is already in a recession, and the Iraq War continues with little certainty regarding its outcome or final affect. Further, considering there’s a Republican in the White House, the American public — whether decades of political science survey research mean anything — will blame the party in potential for not having solved the above problems, and that will take votes absent from McCain.

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Original post by Joseph Lazzaro

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