DCRepublican.com

Mon 31 Dec 2007

While I’m still finding myself indifferent on who I am going to vote for in November, John McCain has been doing an incredible job of playing ” smart politics.” While most of the candidates have been finishing up shop in Iowa, McCain took advantage of the open stage and took the steps to, in my opinion, give Romney a true fight. Yes, it has been close over the past few polls, but after watching McCain’s speeches I saw a true threat.

One thing that I urge everyone to do is turn off their network news and go to CSPAN. They have been doing a fantastic job covering each of these candidates, free from commentary, giving everyone the chance to make their own decisions. What’s truly unique about CSPAN and their coverage of these campaign events, is that they don’t turn off their microphones when the candidates are speaking to the audience members individually.

I’ve noticed that when you see the candidates mingle with the audience, you get a true view of who they really are. You can sense the phoniness much more when you are seeing them talk to people one on one. This has been extremely apparent for both Republican and Democrat candidates in this cycle.

However, I haven’t seen John McCain step into that mode yet. I’ve been spending some time in the evenings looking back on video at http://www.campaignnetwork.org/ , and thus far, I haven’t found much.

All I can say, is New Hampshire is going to be a wild one.