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December 2, 2008 3:44:01 AM CST



It Ain't Over Yet: Rove

Posted Oct 16, 08 9:05 AM CDT in Opinion Politics 

(Newser) – John McCain’s campaign may be down, but he’s not yet out, writes Karl Rove in the Wall Street Journal. Voters still have real doubts about Barack Obama, and McCain may have enough time yet to turn those doubts into votes for him. Some 45% of voters in one recent poll said Obama isn’t qualified for the job—the highest “unqualified” rating since 1988.

McCain is “shaping a storyline that draws on well-founded concerns about Mr. Obama's lack of record or experience,” Rove writes. The Republican has finally learned to talk about the economy, and has sharpened his performance, his message, and his strategy: he’s campaigning more clearly in more carefully chosen states now. Obama may be vastly outspending McCain, but that makes McCain’s task difficult—not impossible.

Source Wall Street Journal

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Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., speaks during a presidential debate at Hofstra University in Hempstead, N.Y., Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2008.   (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., reacts as Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., speaks during their presidential debate at Hofstra University in Hempstead,...   (AP Photo/Photog)
Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., left, and Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., during the presidential debate Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2008.   (AP Photo/Gary Hershorn, Pool)
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Money alone, however, won't decide the contest. John Kerry and the Democrats outspent Mr. Bush and the GOP in 2004 by $121 million and still lost. - Karl Rove

Mr. Obama is trying to make the case that his lack of experience or record should not disqualify him. But in doing so, he seems to recognize that the US is still a center-right country. - Karl Rove

If Mr. McCain succeeds, he will have engineered the most impressive and improbable political comeback since Harry Truman in 1948.
- Karl Rove

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