Republican voters are gravitating towards McCain based on electability. The SC Rep primary debate featured a focus group. I found it very telling that the overwhelming majority of that group stated electability as the key factor in voting for a candidate. The candidate they identified as most electable was McCain. I believe that is carrying over to other elections. One must admit, that this year's presidential field is very weak overall (both parties). Throw out emotion and name reconition and critically anaylze this. It's a weak field. The "most experienced" candiate with relavent experience was Bill Richardson (D). I thought the strongest candidate that could have been fielded was Dem - Mike Warner (former Gov of VA), but he did not run.
As far as talk radio is concerned - don't worry - it will be as strong as ever. Talk radio ratings continue to soar while newspaper, network news, and CNN ratings continue to fall.
Prediction - Hillary vs McCain. McCain wins presidancy (independants and hispanics will make the difference). Dems and Reps will vote straight down party line no matter who's running.
Republican voters are gravitating towards McCain based on electability. The SC Rep primary debate featured a focus group. I found it very telling that the overwhelming majority of that group stated electability as the key factor in voting for a candidate. The candidate they identified as most electable was McCain. I believe that is carrying over to other elections. One must admit, that this year's presidential field is very weak overall (both parties). Throw out emotion and name reconition and critically anaylze this. It's a weak field. The "most experienced" candiate with relavent experience was Bill Richardson (D). I thought the strongest candidate that could have been fielded was Dem - Mike Warner (former Gov of VA), but he did not run.
As far as talk radio is concerned - don't worry - it will be as strong as ever. Talk radio ratings continue to soar while newspaper, network news, and CNN ratings continue to fall.
Prediction - Hillary vs McCain. McCain wins presidancy (independants and hispanics will make the difference). Dems and Reps will vote straight down party line no matter who's running.