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4 Responses to “Bush scales back fundraising, at McCain’s request!”

1. Mike May 24th, 2008 at 4:01 pm

   It’s interesting that this politico article only gives the McCain campaign’s spin for the cause of the Phoenix Convention Center cancellation. Other news sources, such as the Phoenix Business Journal…

   http://www.bizjournals.co.....rround=lfn

   …claim that simply not enough tickets were sold to fill the venue, as well as fear of being overrun by protesters.

   If McCain wants any chance at this in November, he needs to start distancing himself from the current administration, and quickly. A recent Gallup poll…

   http://www.gallup.com/pol.....Obama.aspx

   …found that McCain’s association with Bush actually makes more voters less likely to vote for him than Obama’s association with Rev. Wright.

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2. Babs May 27th, 2008 at 1:04 pm

   Mike, good points here. The first article does say that anti-war protesters planned to turn out in big numbers. Ticket sales or no (and I don’t trust the unnamed source bit in any article)that would be enough to prompt the change of venue.

   I think the damage that can be done with an over association of Bush with McCain is great, and I think the Gallup poll is probably accurate on this one. I think this is the reason we keep hearing Obama refer to the Bush admin as the “Bush/McCain” administration, as if McCain is vice president. Nothing true about it, but effective politics rarely has much truth in them. Just mind games played with voters.

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3. Michael May 27th, 2008 at 2:27 pm

   “Just mind games played with voters.” I would agree, and point out that flag pins certainly fall under that genre as well…

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4. Babs May 27th, 2008 at 5:16 pm

   Touche, Michael, they surely do.

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