Writer believes in McCain for the presidential election
Candidates craft recipes for success
G. Michael Thomas
Issue date: 11/3/08 Section: ViewPoint
That was not exactly a ringing endorsement for capitalism. McCain finally had that crucial ingredient. He had a face to put on the American small businessman and has used Wurzelbacher's situation to hack away at Obama's lead.
Nothing is set in stone. In 1980 Ronald Reagan trailed President Jimmy Carter by five points in the week leading into the election. Reagan defied the polls to receive a landslide. On Dec. 1, 1980, Time mc agazine's John F. Stacks had an article entitled "Where the Polls Went Wrong" which said:
"For weeks before the presidential election, the gurus of public opinion polling were nearly unanimous in their findings. In survey after survey, they agreed that the coming choice between President Jimmy Carter and challenger Ronald Reagan was 'too close to call.'
"A few points at most, they said, separated the two major contenders.
"But when the votes were counted, the former California governor had defeated Carter by a margin of 51 percent to 41 percent in the popular vote - a rout for a U.S. presidential race. In the Electoral College, the Reagan victory was a 10-to-l avalanche that left the president holding only six states and the District of Columbia."
History could easily repeat itself.
Nothing is set in stone. In 1980 Ronald Reagan trailed President Jimmy Carter by five points in the week leading into the election. Reagan defied the polls to receive a landslide. On Dec. 1, 1980, Time mc agazine's John F. Stacks had an article entitled "Where the Polls Went Wrong" which said:
"For weeks before the presidential election, the gurus of public opinion polling were nearly unanimous in their findings. In survey after survey, they agreed that the coming choice between President Jimmy Carter and challenger Ronald Reagan was 'too close to call.'
"A few points at most, they said, separated the two major contenders.
"But when the votes were counted, the former California governor had defeated Carter by a margin of 51 percent to 41 percent in the popular vote - a rout for a U.S. presidential race. In the Electoral College, the Reagan victory was a 10-to-l avalanche that left the president holding only six states and the District of Columbia."
History could easily repeat itself.
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