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Game plan: should McCain care to win ...(2008 III)(John McCain)

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| August 04, 2008 | Lowry, Richard; Ponnuru, Ramesh | COPYRIGHT 2008 National Review, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

EVER since Barack Obama won the Democratic nomination, John McCain has been within five points of him in a weighted average of national polls; lately, he has been within four. Most Republican strategists thought that Obama would be much farther ahead. Polls show that the public would much rather elect a Democratic president than another Republican one. But voters have enough respect for McCain and enough doubts about Obama to make this race competitive.

Nonetheless, McCain is behind, and it is going to take a smart and well-executed campaign to change that. The Iraq War is unpopular, and Americans want to end it as soon as we reasonably can. Most Americans are ...

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