McCain is Dead

It's been quite the free fall these past few weeks not only for Wall St. but for John McCain's presidential campaign. Polls across the country are indicating his bid for presidency have been fading. Americans are worried about the economy and neither candidate has offered much. While neither has offered much, McCain's campaign message has wavered not only on the economy but on the integrity he promised would characterize his campaign.

His past success with independents has depended on his consistent message as a reformer and an honest politician that believes in ethics. The recent inconsistencies of his campaign's message has caused many of his supporters to stray.

At this point in the campaign the contradictions have begun to mount. For some reason the campaign continues to pump them out, even when they have become extremely obvious. McCain began his campaign saying that he would run it with integrity, unlike like the campaigns that have become the signature of the Republican party. This was one of the main tenets that he was running on.

A couple of weeks ago at a town hall meeting McCain was asked about Obama's character and his association with domestic terrorist, William Ayers. McCain actually knocked down the accusation and professed the good character of Obama. Very noble of him, unfortunately, his campaign has been pushing a very different message for the last few weeks.

Many loyal McCain supporters have begun to abandon him as they begin to see that his campaign has begun to take on a Machiavellian approach, similar to President Bush in 2004.
McCain spoke out against the supposed ties that Mr. Obama and Mr. Ayers had and said it was not relevant to the campaign. While rejecting this accusation his campaign has begun a "Robocall" campaign attempting to link Obama to Mr. Ayers once again. This was not the beginning of McCain's ethical shift.

The new approach began with choosing an unprepared candidate for the vice presidency. For months on end McCain attacked Obama on his inexperience and the possible danger it could pose to the United States if he were elected. Ironically, when McCain had the choice to pick his VP he chose Sarah Palin, at best equally as qualified as Obama. The idea was that she would capture the disaffected Hilary voters and energize the conservative base. The cheap political trick backfired as the public and media began to see her inexperience. Once again, McCain would abandon another of his campaign's messages "country first." He chose politics first.

This shift from honesty and integrity to political expediency has changed much of the public's opinion on McCain. He's seen as the "New McCain" with his campaign's Roveian tactics and his lack of integrity. Although, his new tactics are deplorable it is sad to see that even George Bush was more effective at campaigning in this manner.