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What's McCain's next move?
So he is slipping in the polls. Cut n ran out of Michigan. Voters are increasingly trusting Obama to fix the economy. Palin has become the next Quayle in the media and less trusted by (conservative) voters. Karl Rove has Obama winning 273 electoral votes if the election were today.
What's a POTUS candidate to do? Call your predictions here.
| quote: | McCain's Next Stunt
Slate readers predict the candidate's next Hail Mary.
Posted Thursday, Oct. 2, 2008, at 11:04 AM ET
John McCain.John McCain
After John McCain suspended his presidential campaign last week, Slate invited readers to suggest other Hail Mary stunts the Republican candidate might pull before Election Day. You sent us nearly 1,000 ideas. Here are some of our favorites:
1.
Pledges to send former Wall Street CEOs to Guantanamo. (John Kirkbride)
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Announces that Track Palin has captured Osama Bin Laden—in Iraq. (Peter Van Buren)
3.
Adopts "don't ask, don't tell" policy on the environment. (Linse Henley)
4.
Rears head and flies into Russian airspace. (Ryan Greenlaw)
5.
Has President Bush use his executive privilege to declare McCain the winner. (Matt Logan)
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Proposes a game of Risk with Obama—winner takes all. (Anonymous)
7.
Bolsters Sarah Palin's foreign-policy credentials by giving her a German shepherd, a Siamese cat, and a Dutch long-eared rabbit. (Cheryl Lynn Helm)
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Announces his Cabinet: the Harlem Globetrotters. (David Churchman)
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Upon reflection, admits that "ABBA sucks." (Larry Miller)
10.
Announces that if elected he will appoint Gen. Petraeus secretary of the Treasury. (Roger Tompkins)
11.
Heads to Switzerland and brazenly toggles the on/off switch of the Large Hadron Collider. (John Flowers)
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Tints his hair a warm chestnut brown. (Kathryn Schorr)
http://www.slate.com/id/2201400/ |
But seriously, Maverick.
Last edited by josh4 on Oct-05-2008 at 19:08
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