May 18, 2008 - May 24, 2008 Weekly Archive
McCain sees right-of-center nation as he moves against Obama
05.18.08 -- 1:20 PM
Republican John McCain's game plan for beating Democrat Barack Obama rests on one huge assumption: Despite an unpopular war, an uncertain economy and the GOP's beleaguered status, the country still leans more to the right than to the left.
"There are going to be stark choices between a liberal Democrat and a conservative Republican," McCain says at nearly every turn as he seeks to portray Obama as out of step with the nation. The more the GOP nominee-in-waiting can frame the debate along those lines, and capture a larger chunk of the electorate's center, the better his chance to eke out a victory in an extraordinarily challenging political environment.
Of course, a slew of other factors will come into play, including experience, character and outside events.
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