McClain's Tactics

I personally believe that it is too late for John McCain to come up with any tactic to contend for president of the United States. He has tried many different tactics in the past month during the Presidential Debates to gain votes in next months election. There has been major talk that the two campaigns have been taking negative personal shots at each other, and this is the worst it’s been in election history.
I believe that McClain’s strategists took the wrong direction when they used the tactic of Obama being associated with 1960’s domestic terrorist Bill Ayers. According to the Boston Globe this was a failed tactic and their distant relationship isn’t a legitimate issue in the presidential race. The Boston Globe reports that most voters are smart enough to see through that attempt at guilt by association. This attempt of McClain was to show that Obama is a secret Muslim terrorist. I believe that this attempt was worth a try, however McClain shouldn’t constantly drill the subject after realizing that it’s not important to voters. Colin Powell seemed to support Obama by saying McClain act was an act of “demagoguery”.
One huge mistake that I think McClain has made in his campaigning is not making the distinction between him and President Bush’s economic plan. Since, his partner is the leader of the country and his tactics have gotten the country in a horrible economic state voters want to know what is he going to do different than Bush. Thus, far McClain has made one key point to Obama, in the last debate he states “ I am not George Bush and if you wanted to run against George Bush you should have four years ago.” this was a key statement and if I was McClain’s strategist in these next, few weeks I would strongly make a point to distinguish my economic plan from George Bush’s. The voters are concerned about the economy and how it can get better.