McCain's Lost Constituencies Posted by Adam Blickstein

One thing has become clear during the Republican convention: they have alienated two very important constituencies - the media and the middle.  First, their baseless attack against the media for unfair treatment has undoubtedly left a sour taste in the mouths of journalists. You can hear it in the voices of the pundits and anchors, and the McCain campaign's fabricated anger and outrage hit a denouement  this morning in an interaction between Time's Jay Carney and McCain spokeswoman Nicole Wallace. Even the steady Tom Brokaw appears exasperated by McCain's anti-media approach. And as many have pointed out, the strategy didn't work in 1992 for the first President Bush, and chances are it won't work this year.

Second, it's clear that McCain isn't playing for swing voters, independents, or the undecideds anymore. He, as Max said, has made the full conversion to Bush partisan, and is making a gamble to the right, not the middle. Not only does this cut against the grain of his independent maverick reputation, but cuts against where the electorate is statistically at. Even the Wall Street Journal agrees that McCain can't win by simply placating to the GOP base, he actually has to grow the base. Simply put, after this week, that will be impossible, even amongst woman which was part of the ploy of picking Sarah Palin

If Palin was one Hail Mary pass by the McCain campaign, this lurch to the right, disregard for the middle and exiling of the media is an attempt to win an 3 point game by kicking a 65 yard field goal. Not only are the odds long of actually hitting it,  but even if you put those three points on the scoreboard, you still won't win the game.

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