Thursday, August 07, 2008

A new strategy for McCain?

While the recent events in the presidential race have been slow lately I think McCain has stumbled on a winning strategy.

Just shut up!

It seams that when McCain is quiet and Obama does all of the talking, McCain narrows the gap. If you look at Real clear politics polls you can pick out the periods when McCain is out in front stumping his brains out and the periods where the media is ignoring him because he does better when the media is completely focused on Obama (like his trip to the Middle East)

Check it out



If you look at the far right edge of the above snapshot, you'll notice how successful the Britney and Paris adds were

1 comment:

K T Cat said...

Then Obama goes on vacation and pulls ahead. It's uncanny!