McCain’s Iowa Visit: Opportunity Lost
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As I mentioned yesterday, John McCain’s visit to Iowa was going to be a good indication of the amount of work that lies ahead for the Maverick candidates campaign here in the Hawkeye state. Needless to say the McCain has a daunting task ahead of them in Iowa, and one might worry that the state might not be targeted if things don’t turn around soon.
Only 250 or so people showed up to McCain’s first visit back to the state since becoming the apparent nominee. To put that number in perspective Mitt Romney had that many in a snow storm in January of 2007, and Fred Thompson had that many when he announced late last summer. That’s when people had options, the only alternative people have now is to vote for the Democrat, an Independent candidate, or stay home.
Sure Des Moines is a difficult town to do an event in, but this it pathetic. It doesn’t help either when a guy asks McCain if he ever called his wife a c%#t. See the video below if you are interested.
Not only does this potentially take Iowa out of the top battleground states, but it leaves the door wide open for an independent candidate to mount a serious campaign which will only allow the Democrats to squeak out a win no matter how bad things are for them right now.
This is an embarrassment for McCain, his Campaign, the State Party, and Iowa.
Nathan Greene
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