John McCain in Wolfeboro, NH (GG file photo)
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John McCain’s latest TV ad does an excellent job of portraying him as the contrarian fighting the "business as usual crowd" in Washington. He effectively maintains his position on the war, while at the same time criticizing the Bush Administration for its prosecution. Obviously, this allows the Arizona Senator to separate himself from an unpopular president in a way that Republicans and Independents can surely understand and accept. This is why McCain continues to be a strong contender in the race for the GOP nomination. As a candidate in the general election, he represents a plausible change of direction from the present Administration, allowing voters to choose such change, without going to the extreme of electing a Democrat such as Hillary Clinton or liberal Barack Obama.
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McCain effectively offers a list of his positions and accomplishments. Like it or not, you must respect him for unabashedly defending his campaign finance reforms that grate many a conservative. A lessor politician might have changed his or her position for political gain. Not so with McCain. The video demonstrates why McCain remains high on my list of possibilities of who I might pick while in the voting booth on January 8th, 2008, Republican ballot in hand…
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