If you want an idea of how hard it is for John McCain to get a break in the current climate you couldn't do any better than read this email (posted by Ben Smith) from a dumbstruck Republican consultant testing a harsh anti-Obama ad (on behalf of an independent group) with conservative voters in a Midwest state:
Yes, the spot worked. Yes, they believed the charges against Obama.
Yes, they actually think he's too liberal, consorts with bad people and
WON'T BE A GOOD PRESIDENT...but they STILL don't give a f***. They said
right out, "He won't do anything better than McCain" but they're STILL
voting for Obama...
54 year-old white male, voted Kerry '04, Bush '00, Dole '96, hunter,
NASCAR fan...hard for Obama said: "I'm gonna hate him the minute I vote
for him. He's gonna be a bad president. But I won't ever vote for
another god-damn Republican. I want the government to take over all of
Wall Street and bankers and the car companies and Wal-Mart run this
county like we used to when Reagan was President."
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