Sunday, March 9, 2008

McCain's Gain or Lost?

Publicly, McCain shrugs when asked whether the Democratic battle helps or hurts his nascent general election campaign. Some senior GOP strategists, including former White House adviser Karl Rove, fear that the red-hot Democratic contest could make McCain look irrelevant, forcing him out of the daily news reports."Mr. McCain becomes less interesting to the media. Stories about him move off page one and grow smaller. TV coverage becomes spotty and short," Rove wrote in an opinion article published Thursday in the Wall Street Journal.But top McCain advisers think it is a gift, and the push to raise money — verging on desperate after Obama's $55 million haul in February — has already been unleashed."We have to raise money," said Charles Black, a top political adviser to McCain. "Probably the biggest advantage that this time gives us is that, while they are spending their money on each other, we can go out and raise money and put it in the bank" John McCain is 50/50 over this fight between Obama and Clinton. Yes, he is relaxing and enjoying the othere two fighting each other. But, you know the saying,"Good press and bad press= Good press". Obama and Clinton or getting all the eyes for now, and, they are getting battle harden. Do you think McCain will be able to capitalise on this? Will Obama or Clinton be able to have any fight left in them after this?