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4 Reasons Why McCain Might Win.(John McCain)(Brief article)

Article from: U.S. News & World Report Article date: November 04, 2008 Author: Pethokoukis, James

Byline: James Pethokoukis

For what it is worth, here is why John McCain just might pull it out today, or at least tomorrow morning: 1) The new Battleground Poll has him down by 1.9 percentage points, 2) internal McCain polls show him gaining fast or leading in key states, 3) the stock market is up today, 4) Karl Rove picked Obama.

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Rove Legacy Tails McCain's New Top Dog

Posted Aug 1, 08 3:05 PM CDT in Politics 

Rove Legacy Tails McCain's New Top Dog
Source: AP Photo/Gerald Herbert

(Newser) – Steve Schmidt is the new captain of the McCain campaign ship, which an ex-operative compares to the "Pirates of the Caribbean." Known as a taskmasker and carrying the seemingly oxymoronic reputation of a moderate Karl Rove protégé, Steve Schmidt isn't showing his hand just yet. The New Republic tries to dig a little deeper.

A longtime Bush White House figure, Schmidt made his bones managing Arnold Schwarzenegger's 2006 re-election campaign and joined the then-high-flying McCain campaign soon after. Not what he's secured the corner office, how the Rove DNA manifests itself remains to be seen, but "under Schmidt's direction the overall message has been much more aggressive, for better or for worse."

Source: New Republic

More about:  John McCain • Karl Rove • negative campaigning • Arnold Schwarzenegger • social conservatives • Steve Schmidt • centrism

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