"I Don't Want Him To Fail"

“These are terrible, perilous times, so I will seek ways to work with the president of the United States,” McCain says in an interview. “I don’t want him to fail in his mission of restoring our economy.”

Remarks from Senator John McCain

Thank you. Thank you, my friends. Thank you for coming here on this beautiful Arizona evening.

My friends, we have -- we have come to the end of a long journey. The American people have spoken, and they have spoken clearly. A little while ago, I had the honor of calling Senator Barack Obama to congratulate him on being elected the next president of the country that we both love.

In a contest as long and difficult as this campaign has been, his success alone commands my respect for his ability and perseverance. But that he managed to do so by inspiring the hopes of so many millions of Americans who had once wrongly believed that they had little at stake or little influence in the election of an American president is something I deeply admire and commend him for achieving.

This is an historic election, and I recognize the special significance it has for African-Americans and for the special pride that must be theirs tonight.

I've always believed that America offers opportunities to all who have the industry and will to seize it. Senator Obama believes that, too. But we both recognize that though we have come a long way from the old injustices that once stained our nation's reputation and denied some Americans the full blessings of American citizenship, the memory of them still had the power to wound.

A century ago, President Theodore Roosevelt's invitation of Booker T. Washington to dine at the White House was taken as an outrage in many quarters. America today is a world away from the cruel and prideful bigotry of that time. There is no better evidence of this than the election of an African American to the presidency of the United States. Let there be no reason now for any American to fail to cherish their citizenship in this, the greatest nation on Earth.

Senator Obama has achieved a great thing for himself and for his country. I applaud him for it, and offer in my sincere sympathy that his beloved grandmother did not live to see this day, though our faith assures us she is at rest in the presence of her creator and so very proud of the good man she helped raise.

Senator Obama and I have had and argued our differences, and he has prevailed. No doubt many of those differences remain. These are difficult times for our country, and I pledge to him tonight to do all in my power to help him lead us through the many challenges we face.

I urge all Americans who supported me to join me in not just congratulating him, but offering our next president our good will and earnest effort to find ways to come together, to find the necessary compromises, to bridge our differences, and help restore our prosperity, defend our security in a dangerous world, and leave our children and grandchildren a stronger, better country than we inherited.

Whatever our differences, we are fellow Americans. And please believe me when I say no association has ever meant more to me than that.

It is natural tonight to feel some disappointment, but tomorrow we must move beyond it and work together to get our country moving again. We fought as hard as we could.

And though we fell short, the failure is mine, not yours.

I am so deeply grateful to all of you for the great honor of your support and for all you have done for me. I wish the outcome had been different, my friends. The road was a difficult one from the outset. But your support and friendship never wavered. I cannot adequately express how deeply indebted I am to you.

I am especially grateful to my wife, Cindy, my children, my dear mother and all my family and to the many old and dear friends who have stood by my side through the many ups and downs of this long campaign. I have always been a fortunate man, and never more so for the love and encouragement you have given me.

You know, campaigns are often harder on a candidate's family than on the candidate, and that's been true in this campaign. All I can offer in compensation is my love and gratitude, and the promise of more peaceful years ahead.

I am also, of course, very thankful to Governor Sarah Palin, one of the best campaigners I have ever seen and an impressive new voice in our party for reform and the principles that have always been our greatest strength. Her husband Todd and their five beautiful children with their tireless dedication to our cause, and the courage and grace they showed in the rough-and-tumble of a presidential campaign. We can all look forward with great interest to her future service to Alaska, the Republican Party and our country.

To all my campaign comrades, from Rick Davis and Steve Schmidt and Mark Salter, to every last volunteer who fought so hard and valiantly month after month in what at times seemed to be the most challenged campaign in modern times, thank you so much. A lost election will never mean more to me than the privilege of your faith and friendship.

I don't know what more we could have done to try to win this election. I'll leave that to others to determine. Every candidate makes mistakes, and I'm sure I made my share of them. But I won't spend a moment of the future regretting what might have been.

This campaign was and will remain the great honor of my life. And my heart is filled with nothing but gratitude for the experience and to the American people for giving me a fair hearing before deciding that Senator Obama and my old friend Senator Joe Biden should have the honor of leading us for the next four years.

I would not be an American worthy of the name, should I regret a fate that has allowed me the extraordinary privilege of serving this country for a half a century. Today, I was a candidate for the highest office in the country I love so much. And tonight, I remain her servant. That is blessing enough for anyone and I thank the people of Arizona for it.

Tonight, more than any night, I hold in my heart nothing but love for this country and for all its citizens, whether they supported me or Senator Obama, I wish Godspeed to the man who was my former opponent and will be my president.

And I call on all Americans, as I have often in this campaign, to not despair of our present difficulties but to believe always in the promise and greatness of America, because nothing is inevitable here.

Americans never quit. We never surrender. We never hide from history, we make history.

Thank you, and God bless you, and God bless America. Thank you all very much.

The "Red" South

The 2008 Presidential election showed that "race" is still a factor in the Southeastern region of the country. States such as Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Arkansas voted for McCain. Here are excerpts from a NY Times article that provides commentary as to why citizens from this region supported McCain.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/17/opinion/l17south.html?_r=1

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McCain Further Distance From Bush

Recently, Senator McCain criticized Bush for "Spending, the conduct of the war in Iraq for years, growth in the size of government, larger than any time since the Great Society, laying a $10 trillion debt on future generations of America, owing $500 billion to China, obviously, failure to both enforce and modernize the [financial] regulatory agencies that were designed for the 1930s and certainly not for the 21st century, failure to address the issue of climate change seriously."

"Those are just some of them," McCain said, laughing.

Polls have shown that Bush is a heavy drag on the GOP ticket.

Colin Powell Endorses Obama

Colin Powell's endorsement of Sen. Barack Obama displayed his dissatisfaction with the Republican Party and Sen. John McCain's campaign.

Powell, a former secretary of state for President Bush as well as a former chairman of the joint chiefs of staff indicated, "On the Republican side, over the last seven weeks, the approach of the Republican Party and Mr. McCain has become narrower and narrower."

Obama's "inclusive" approach that crosses "ethnic lines, racial lines, generational lines" is what the nation needs right now, said Powell.

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Negative Perceptions of Obama

Uncle Tom? or McCain Supporter?

Last week, James T. Harris went from being an average guy to one of the most reviled men in Black America. At a Waukesha, Wisconsin, town hall rally with Senator John McCain and Governor Sarah Palin on Thursday, the African-American radio host from Milwaukee pleaded with McCain to step up his attacks against Barack Obama. “We have the good Reverend Wright. We have [the Reverend Michael L.] Pfleger,” Harris said to the cheers of thousands of White audience members. “I am begging you, sir. I am begging you. Take it to him.” In a show of true solidarity, Harris, 44, and the Republican nominee then hugged.

As this moment spread throughout the media, many African-Americans likened his impassioned remarks to racial betrayal and subservient shuffling. Theories circulated that Harris was a plant for the McCain campaign. ESSENCE.com talked with Harris, who describes his political beliefs as being “right of Rush,” about how he ended up at the town hall, receiving hate mail, and how he really feels about that hug with John McCain.

http://www.stayinthenews.com/2008/10/15/the-black-mccain-supporter-that-begged-mccain-to-attack-obama-says-black-folk-are-scary/#more-1043

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Presidential Debate #1: And The Winner Is...McCain.

According to Senator Obama, "You cannot be a 21st-century superpower and act like a 20th-century dictatorship" in his analysis of McCain. This was the most compelling statement from Obama all night. Other than that, McCain clearly outshined the younger, inexperienced Obama.

Here are some footnotes from the debate:

1. McCain dictated the pace of the debate. Obama was not sharp; could not intuitively put arguments together; debating is quite different from giving a speech.

2. Obama did not over-state the relationship between McCain and the Bush Adminstration. This should have been a focal point. He did not take advantage of the discussion on fiscal spending, cutting social programs (i.e., education), and the continued funding of Iraq and its impact on other programs.

3. McCain played on the psyche of the American electorate; painted Obama as inexperienced and unknowledgable about certain issues (i.e., foreign policy). He stated several times, "Senator Obama doesn't understand", "Senator Obama doesn't know what it means...". This was a major theme in the debate.

4. McCain clearly showed his experience on foreign relations. He was more thorough in his analysis and direction of the war; alliances with other countries. At one point, Obama made a clear reference to his inexperience by stating that is why he chose Joe Biden as his running mate.

Does Hillary Still Want Barack To Win?!?!?!?!?

Does Hillary Still Want Barack To Win?!?!?!?!? Since speaking at the Democratic National Convention (DNC), Senator Hillary Clinton has been quiet on the campaign trail. With the addition of Gov. Sarah Palin to the McCain ticket, which energized the Republican party and cast a shadow over Obama's decision to choose Biden instead of her, Clinton has not been fervent in her support of Obama. With less than six weeks left before the Nov. 4th Presidential Election, should Clinton make a strong push in her support of Obama?

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