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Originally Posted by UtahDan
It's been very entertaining, but its over. Or it will be over very soon. Good article on the Washington Post Sunday edition which urges Republicans to start frankly acknowledging the likelihood of a democrat in the White House and focus every available resource on the Senate races. Those candidates for the Senate, in turn, should also acknowledge a Democrat White House, say they can work with one, and warn of the dangers of a liberal supermajority, particularly one that is filibuster-proof. Apparently as many as 8% of voters cast their ballots strategically to prevent either party form controlling everything.
I can get on board with that strategy. It is time for Republicans to think in terms of what can be salvaged.
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Sorry, Dan, but that is the most foolish suggestion I've ever heard. It's not like McCain is Walter Mondale. Good grief, do you know what such an acknowledgment would do to Republican turnout? Jimmy Carter, idiot that he is, did so just a few hours too early in 1980, and destroyed lower-office western state Democrat hopefuls for whose base decided not to turn out.
One rule in presidential politics: you do not prematurely admit defeat. You admit it once it's final, and never before. A lot more is riding on that than just your sorry presidential butt.