CNN

rats leaving the sinking ship.... even they can sense the rot.

Certainly hope Joe Lieberman (CONNECTICUT) can line up some
work after the election. Unlike Shay, he is a self-serving, sleazy and
repulsive politician... He should ask McCain if he can be "house-Boy"
in one of those Sedona homes ! Bye ByE

MCCAIN IS A BITTER, ANGRY, SELF-ABSORBED AND ARROGANT OLD MAN.

LYING, DIRTY CAMPAIGN, DIMWIT FOR A RUNNING MATE AND CONSTATN, UNTRUE NEGATIVE ADS ARE GOING TO SINK HIM BIG TIME. NOT A MOMENT TOO SOON.

With friends and colleagues like these, (you know, honest ones), McCain and Palin have become their own worst enemies.

"...he remained skeptical the Illinois senator will govern from the center if he is elected president." (Chris Shays)

Governing from the center does not fall solely on the President's shoulders. In order for any President to govern from the center, partisanship in the Congress must stop! All of Congress must look to the needs of the people/the country....NOT to the needs/creed of a party.

Governing from the center also falls on the public's shoulders. As constituents, we must not look at a party and its creed. We must look at the good of the country and demand that Congress and the President do the same and work together.

That is how a President can govern from the center.

This really shows that when we give respect to others, we will get the same treatment from them, overwhelmingly, even Republicans have come to respect Sen. Obama, even when he's standing at the other side of the river, the reason being that the Illinois senator have never engaged in the smear, kitchen-sink- campaign. McCain, on the contrary has given Sarah Palin the go ahead to be attack dog, and then pretends that he's the one who's been unfairly attacked, as if we were all imbeciles.

I'm disappointed in McCain's vice presidential selection. I cannot in good conscience put Palin within a heartbeat of the presidency.

No question...McCain as run a poor campaign against one of te weakest Dems since Jimmy Carter.

McCain keep telling lies and trying to tie Obama to some one in the past to make him look bad today. They forget that McCain had ties to the same person and even gave large sums of money to the orgaization he founded. But McCain and Palin think people are too stupid to check on the facts. They jsut keep telling lies because in the REPUB Hand Book if you tell a lie often enough it become true.

Most of the rats got off the titanic before the people did. Let the GOP sucking up and ring-kissing begin. There is a name for "mavericks" that stand up against the Republican party. We call them Democrats and most of America will be voting for them this year. The only thing more satisfying then a republican politician sucking up to Dems would be to see Rush Limbaugh and Bill O'Reilly polishing Barack's shoes while Ann Coulter is forced to address Al Franken as Senator Franken.

Bush soiled the bed. Time to sleep in it now.

I have been disappointed in the McCain campaign. At some point it becomes obvious that if you can't manage to run a good campaign, your ability to run the Free World has to be a question mark. Obama's ability to understand complex issues and make appropriate responses leads me to believe that he is ready for this task.

Mr. Shay's...you have said the right thing. One thing that this Republican has done is tell the truth. If more of the people in your party did the same, the GOP would most likely not be in the shape its in today.

Bravo Mr. Shay's.

Obama/Biden '08

Bush tax cuts expire, ALL AMERICANS LOSE!

THE PLAN: Get Obama to agree to public financing so that the REPUBS – along with their NASTY 527 Groups will beat Obama with "dirty ads".

THE CHANGE: Obama figured this out and knew that he would need more money to FIGHT the Dirty Republicans – "Forget that public financing – I will raise my own money!!!"

$$$ DOWN: Dirty Repubs did not have enough money to FIGHT against Obama Campaign – 527 groups felt the "economic CRUNCH" like everyone else... OR was McSAME worth fighting for????
ERATIC: The REPUBS did not know how to run a CLEAN campaign because all they know is DIRTY – so the PLAN failed and they got CRAZY.

VICTORY: As a result of the REPUBS not knowing what to do, the Ads get DIRTIER and more NASTY and it turned most away. Obama "slipped" right on by and will come out on TOP!!!

OBAMA/BIDEN 2008-2016 – YES WE CAN fight DIRTY if we have to and still come out on TOP with CLEAN hands!!!!

Its good to see the republicans trying to earn a little integrity back.. angry clowns

I really liked John McCain in 2000. But the John McCain of 2008 is not the same person. It looks like he's sold out on every value and principle he stood for 8 years ago. He looks erratic, out of sorts, and uncomfortable in his own skin.

Barack Obama / Joe Biden 2008 & 2012

Like ANY politician (including the one who's middle name we do not speak) has EVER run a "clean campaign"... PLEASE!!!

John McCain has ran a dirty compaign from the beginning and he is only a sidekick to Palin. For his age he should be more graceful but not. He seems to go off track and what makes him think that he can handle National Security because he was in the service so was I, that doesn't make him an expert. He spent most of his time as a POW. Maybe thats why he has lost his mind to think that he would make a better President. Its time for him to face it he's over the hill and we do need change, ( NEW CHANGE).

One could only wish that the rest of the Republican party would finally be HONEST and stop lying about the bad choice McCain made with Palin and the stupidity of "Joe the Plumber." The combination of the two makes McCain's attempt at winning the White House a complete farce.

McCain should admit that he has failed in his attempt to show the American people he has any form of leadership. He has already made some extremely bad choices during this election. Not only his choice of Vice President but his choice of running the most disgusting campaign on record.

Good Day.

I am a black man and I am going to vote for McCain for more of the same. White people make good bosses. I am a dishwasher for a predominately white restaurant. White people are good people I do not know why blacks complain so much. From time to time my white boss tells me I missed a spot as I shine the floor with my bare hands and on my knees. The white man tells me everyday I am one of the good ones. I feel so proud and am very proud to be a Black American..

Wow...a LOT of republicans are really jumping ship from the McCain camapaign...I voted Obama/Biden but I actually feel kind of bad for ol John....jeez, even his own VP has started working on her future campaign and left him in the dust! Does this count as him being tested again?

Actually,this is how it goes!
Obama/Biden '08.

With the Phillies winning the World Series, Pennsylvania is ready for another win on November 4th...for Barack Obama.

YES WE CAN!

I can't wait to yell, "Finally!" again on November 4th.

Shays is a fraud who has swindled the people of southwestern Connecticut for the past few years. That will change next week, though, when Shay(m)s gets sent back to whatever hole he climbed out of.

TV endorsement ads from Michael Bloomberg can't save you! Get them off the air! No one in CT cares about what the wannabe-mayor-for-life of New York City thinks.

Come on Rep. Shays, take the plunge – don't just dip your toes. You know you want to...

Silence from John McCain and Sarah Pain will make the world a kinder, gentler place.

Republicans are a shame to their own party and John Mccain. Maybe they each ought to look at their record and ask themselves why they were a "rubber stamp" Congress for President Bush. At least in many ways, John Mccain stood up to President Bush. What a joke the Republicans have been. Honor and clean is not something the Republican party has been known for the last 8 years.

I agree, McSame is a liar and knows jack about the economy!

Palin knows absolutely nothing abt anything!

American people should vote 4 a man of vision since America is one of the leading country in d world.

The Rebuplican party has lost it's way, they forgot the corner stone of their platform was for smaller government, low taxes, and support for the Constitutional law.
If you want to find these values, then join the Libertarian party.
Better yet start next Tuesday by voting for Bob Barr and the Libertarian party.

Governor Palin is a disgrace. I am so glad that I changed my voter registration to Democrat. I did this because of McCain's political tactics (dirty, dirty, dirty) and his choice of running mate. I can't believe that these so called Christians are playing this dirty. What happened to "thy shalt not bear false witness"?

McCain is no longer a maverick but changes his stance whenever it is politically correct. I no longer believe him.

Obama has preached the same message since the beginning. I do not want someone who is as "experienced" as McCain. His 90% supporting Bush should tell it all.

When will American's start voting on the man and not down party lines. If the Republicans/Democrats told you to give all your money away, would you????

This is the land of freedom of Religion and separation of church and state. Obviously the religious right doesn't know that. You must choose Christ as your saviour and to believe in God. It cannot be dictated to you.

Let everyone live their own lives, clean up your life, be kind to others, perform charitable acts, etc. May God help and bless us all!

Mr. Shays is a very smart man.

Barack Obama is the next president of the United States of America.

"Jon Kyl denied making the comments, though the Arizona Daily Star later produced audio indicating he did."

Just another reTHUGlican lying to us! I have voted! And the grumpy old man and Cariboo Barbie were not my pick! As my dad used to say, "I am not rich enough to be a rebuplican."

I am not surprised should be McCain's reply, at least with that, he will not be accused of insinuating racial bias to Powell

That is really bad how this campaign has became so negative in all sort of ways begain with race, experience,comments on no each other past personal life. What happen to all people are equal that's stated in the Bible no one is above anyone. It doesn't matter if your green if you are the right person to run the United States then you run it. Why can't everyone sit down in a respectful way and communciate like we are all trying to fix the same problems. The problems in the world is not because some one is black or white, asia, etc. the things that are going on in the world today is attacking all. We are all affected. We as adults are sometime has to accept the good with the bad and stop pointing fingers. I must say this at first alot of people really back McCain saying alot of things about how he is, just look at the debates and his campaigning and see how angry he is. How do he respond to questions that his children ask him a question. Obama has conducted his self in a professional manner.
McCain is bringing up this of him when he was a child he has no control over that he was a little boy! Everyone now sees how McCain and Palin is being so negative that's what shifting the election we have enough negative things going on in the world today. McCain nor Palin has talked about what is going on in the world today, they only respone to the things that Obama say and try to twist it around and look where it has got them. I respect what you say about McCain as being negative he did this to his self him and his VP. Now mark my words he will say negative things about you disagreeing with him. Look how he did Bush he is the one that is trying all sort of lying, stupid comments how do he exspect for people to vote for him. The ones that vote for McCain will be the ones who are Republicans no matter what and choose not to vote for a man because of his race.
Everyone really needs to sit down and really look deep within theirselves and make a choose thats for them not because of the way they were raised or what their parents taught them. Think for yourself do you want the world to be like it has been for the last 8 years or do you want a change in all PEOPLE. God created all of us as equal if McCain and Obama was both cut on the arm what color is their blood?
Sure as hell not black and the other white! It's red so they are no different from each other.

Good call, Shays. Thanks for standing up for decency. McCain is an honorable candidate who has run the most disgraceful, and dishonorable campaign. His attacks without any vision hopefully will cost him this election. ENOUGH!

Last night on Larry King and before when asked why he did not run an honorable campaign he said because he would not meet him in Town Hall meetings. In other words he didn't do exactly what McCain wanted so he threw a temper tantrum in the form of vile and scary ads. Wow I guess his mother should put him in a time out. Obama had just gotten of many, many, many debates in the primary why did want to do 10 town halls, one a week that McCain had already set up for him ) which was the same thing. I lose more and more respect for McCain everyday. Now he and his mouthpiece are spewing again but this time McCain has more ties to this radical than Obama did. It hasn't done anything for him but make people not want him as President. No one wants someone running the country who is so negative. Obama offers Americans hope that we can rise up from this mess Bush and Rove has put us in and McCain does not give us anything but smears. You have no message. Good for Chris Shay and I predict a landslide and I'll bet McCain barely carries Arizaona if at all.

Republicans are finally coming to their senses.

OBAMA./BIDEN 08

THATS RIGHT!!! HE WILL LOSE BIG!!! GO OBAMA!!!

Another one bites the dust.

Da rats is abandoning ship!

McCain has not run a good campaign. Thank Shay for pointing this out

OBAMA/BIDEN

MCCAIN IS A SIGN OF THE PAST, AND OBAMA IS THE FUTURE. THE UGLY SEPARATIST POLITICS ERA IS OVER. SHAME ON YOU AMERICA IF YOU DON'T GET THE MESSAGE NOW BEFORE IT TOO LATE. "VOTE AGAINST IQNORANCE"

My, my how the rats are jumping the ship. It's every Republican for
themselves now, isn't it? They are turning on each other and exposing
their true character in the process. The party is in shambles. The sad
part is that anyone who sat back and took a longer view could have
seen this coming. It started in earnest when the Republican party
pandered to the religious right and they, in turn, hijacked the party's
agenda.
Witness the backlash in the comments on Senator Dole's latest ad
attacking Ms Hagan.
There was a good reason why our founding fathers wanted a clear,
distinct separation between church and state. There was also a
good reason why they wanted the power to be in the hands of all the
people instead of a priviledged few.
The Republicans lost sight of that over the last 28 years or so. They
need to return to their ORIGINAL roots, the ones that go back 150
years or more and rebuild their party without the undue influence of
the elite, the special interests, and the right to run your lifers.

Wow, how many high profile Republicans have gone against McCain now? I lost track weeks ago.

Thats right. mcCain has run a disgusting race and he can't blame it on Obama changing his mind about accepting donations. McNasty needs to change his tone but it may be too late.

I would love for John McCain to have to deal with his own medicine like this.... How "like life" is it that after trying to smear Obama for a year with unbelievable accusations, he now gets to enjoy the fruits of his own party's campaign style as EVERY Republican in the nation now tries to not only distance themselves from George Bush in hopes of getting elected, but now hope to distance themselves from John McCain also. So they are going to accuse him of crazy things and bad mouth him good. That's just awesome irony there folks. And it's another example why Republicans are some of the dumbest people you will ever meet – blood-sucking, wealthy, and dumb. Is this what they teach you to do in Sunday church, Mr. Shay? Is this what the baby Jesus would do, buddy?

Shays is absolutely right. and I can add my voice to that, McCain had made things worst for him and I can`t really judge if he can make positive decisions in future and take reasonable steps to combact problems. America is in a hard Position at the moment as far as the whole world is concern and it needs a steady and reasonable Commander to re-enstate America's Reputition. That is why I think with Obama with his present Advisers and well Organised Campaign, which had never been seen in Present day Politics can move with this modern times to fight back and turn things round.

McCain and Palin are really showing the entire WORLD how totally STUPID they are each time they try to tie Obama to somepast event where there is compelling evidence that the REPUBLICAN PARTY and John McCain were also involved. Now to more pressing issues that are current. Palin and her husband have very STRONG TIES to the AIP. This organization is more of a TREAT than anything Obama ever did.
By the way REPUBs are at it again this year trying to prevent people thye think might support Obama from voting. Also watch your vote make susre the machine did not change it to McCain while you were not looking. MAKE SURE YOUR VOTE COUNTS

TURNCOAT ... boot him out along with his Bushie conspirators.

Hi folks! I am not about to enter into a racial discrimination issue here.

With all the projected lead of Barack Obama, tell me frankly, on election day, how many white folks out there would consciously vote for a black African American as president of USA. This is the real election issue; not the state of economy, Iraq War or health-care. Based on this, McCain should win hands down.

CNN-

You have lost viewers. I know many who, with no other choice are now watching Fox. You have not only been biased for Obama, but, have in effect become a an extension of his campaign.

How do you know that Obama's relationship with Ayers or Khalidi is (as you say in your fact checks" false or misleading.

Ayers killed people. Innocent people, and targetted police officers. And yet Obama's relationship with this man is "false". How do you know? Obama says he lived on my street. And yet he has been out to parties with him, and Ayers was a major supporter of his campaign.

WE DON'T KNOW THE TRUTH.

Khalidi, a bad man. And Michelle is going to his family parties.

You have been so up Obama's butt that we have seen a new day in media. And CNN you are repsonsible. I can't wait for that internal memo to leak that says CNN should try to make Obama better than he is.

Farewell. I too will no longer wqatch your station. Nice job making news instead of reporting it.

we need change, vote OBAMA-BIDEN, obama's tv add was WONDERFUL!

Shays's lack of support is because of race just like that other Republican, Colin Powell. Oh wait! Can that be right? Or is it just that Shay, Powell and the other Republicans just understand that the Republican standard bearer is not up to snuff.

Good for you, Rep. Shays! It is refreshing to see someone really putting country first before party and speaking out against the slimy tactics of the McCain/Palin campaign.

chris shays ITS REFRESHING TO SEE SUCH A HONEST MAN IN THE REPUB PARTY.HATS OFF CHRIS

He can win by using his dirty tricks of DIVIDE AND DESTROY our Country.... but, he will NOT win ..... voters are wiser this year.... I HAVE ALREADY VOTED FOR OBAMA.

I'm impressed, I honestly didn't think there were any enlightened honest republicans out there. Finally, a republican speaks the truth.
mccain/palin = clueless, pathological liars!

Clean campaign. I agree, the campaign has not been 'clean'. I actually liked John McCain. I was always going to vote for Obama, but I had respect and appreciation for John McCain....that all went out the window during the RNC. For the campaign to allow the vile comments to be made and then to follow with their own was simply unacceptable. As a person who attended the DNC and heard over and over again nice things being said about McCain it was a very sad day when the Republicans didn't even give themselves a chance to compete by being respectable–they took it negative immediately and have pretty much lost my respect FOREVER.

All of the walls in the McCain house are slowly collapsing! Jesus once said, "A house divided against itself cannot stand."

i think they focus too much on obama and not on the things that matters most. for eg health care and the economy.
they need to remember the words of Jesus he that is without
sin let him cast the first stone.

This election has tested John McCain as to the type of leader he would be in the whitehouse. It is scary that 44% still think he would make the right decisions.

Like rats leaving a sinking ship. You should have become a Democrat a long time ago so now this is your chance.

The key here is this Shays finds himself in a heated re-election race!
LOL!!!!!

McWhine alleges that those of us who gave donations to Obama were illegal and should be investigated. I am going to miss his senility after next week.

I guess Mr. Shays wants to keep his job. Just like McCain ditched Bush, you want to be on the winning team!

Do you think he is a secret socialist?

Doubt it.

Obama '08

It takes some guts to stand up to your party's candidate rather than toeing the party line. I know Shays is fighting for his political life, and will say anything to win, but he still needs money to trickle down from the RNC for his campaign. I give him credit for telling it like it is.

Nobody cares what this loser think. He jumps ship on mccain and then he say Obama is is not ready. He is just trying to have his cake and eat it to. Do you really think what shay has to say matters? NO!!

Obama/Biden

Here's a quote I just read...'Virgins don't hang around prostitutes and patriots don't hang around terrorists'

Obama is simply hiding/supressing too much in his background with the help of the press. Are we so desparate for change that we would put someone like him in office only to later regret our actions? One should wonder how Obama was even able to become a senator in the first place.

"And the walls...come tum-ba-lin' down..."

John McCain gave a half a million dollars to a person Sarah Palin says was in the PLO. It is time for McCain to explain his relationship to the American People.

McCain has not only not run a clean campaign he has consyanyly whined about Obama not doing town halls with him and about Oama changing his mind about accepting public finance. McCain is a whiner and crier and constantly tried to smear Obama with yesterdays old news (Wright, Resko, and now Khalidi). McCain's campaign is all negative and depressing.

It no wonder, this man is one that knows and sees the truth and understands that McCain is a lier, cheater, and a wimpping, whinning OLD FOOL! McCain/Palin are spewing lies and are two of the biggest BIGOTS in the World with their RACIST speak and all of the HATE that they are talking up!

McCain needs to talk about what he intends to do to help get America out of this Poop that we are in. MR. MCCAIN STOP THE HATE!

I agree that he has lost. The campaign just wasn't put together well.

The reality is just now setting in. It has been forgone conclusion many weks ago. McCain has ran a very nasty, negative, dirty campaign.

I think McCain is looking for support from anywhere now. Both Regan and Rockafeller Republicans are abandoning him. America is sick and tired of negative campaigning, but that's all he has left. The issuses got away from him. He clearly hasn't a clue on the economy. Sen. Obama's time table is accepted by Iraq – so there goes his judgement to stay in Iraq with military bases. He would spend our hard earned money, 10 B at a a time in a desert hole while America is falling apart. Our issues are now deep due to the failed policies of GW Bush. I haven't heard 1 single thing from McCain that would be different from Bush. McCain is the scarry one because he hasn't made a strong policy case whereas Obama has! I know what I'm getting in Obama, but after the VP choice of McCain's, No way, no how, no McCain. I use to like the guy but now he has shown me the same bad judgement as Bush, Rove, Lee Atwater, Bush Sr. He's just not right for America

Just like a rat trying to escape a burning ship. I hope the republican leadership remembers this traitor!

Shays is in a very tough contest here. His commercials do not even mention that he is a republican. Its almost as if Shays is trying to be a democrat while Lieberman is trying to be a republican. Shays is just showing that people will do anything to be elected – its any man or woman for themselves.

Refreshing to hear the truth, and the truth is that McCain did not run a clean campaign and strayed drastically from his message and his platform.

It is about time that moraly upright citizens and public officals say out loud they do NOT support immoral actions the McCain camp has turned to. The topics of conversation should be about all the critical issues that face us all:homes,jobs,schools,health,security. Good for him.

Speaking the truth is not "taking a swipe". McCain is not a maverick anymore. He promised to run a clean campaign and then started with "the One" and "the Celebrity" ... and now is ending by accusing Obama of speaking with a Palistinian .... fear and smear .... and failed policies of the past.

You've got to love how the MSM can produce Kyl's comments on audio immediately, but they somehow missed Obama's 2001 radio interview and refuse to divulge the the Khalidi toast on video...

Shays is right. McCain has no chance of winning come Nov. 4th. And it is mainly because he and Palin are running one of the worse negative campaigns in political history....after he first stated that he would run a campaign strictly based on the issues.
I now realized that he couldn't keep his promise, because he had no plan of his own...he only knows how to follow the Bush GOP policies.

i ben saying all along that Mc Cain ran a nasty Campain ,he is not the same Men as he was 9 years ago . he has to much off a Temper ,to be the President of the UNITED States , all Mc Cain knows is to go to WAR , he has no knowlege abaut the Ecomamy , an he wants to make the Rich ,Richer . he had 26 Years in Washington , Obama will clean up Washington , he has the Smart ,to be President .sorry you republican wanted him , same misstake ,you made with Busch , your Lies all this Years ,you ben an still tell ,isent going to work anymore . OBAMA FOR PRESIDENT , he has to clean up after the republican again , just like Bill Clinton did

Here is one Republican that sees the LIGHT. He is not afraid to say what everyone knows. McCain is no longer an honorable man

I am from Belarus (the last dictatorship in Europe). I'm sure that Obama is better that McCain for Russia and China, but I'm not so sure he is better for USA.

Shays is a great example of all the other republicans who believe that McCain has ruined their chances, even more than the president.

He is skeptical about Obama governing from the center, but I believe that Obama is not as liberal as he seems to be portrayed.

This will be shown when he becomes President, and brings the true bipartisanship to Washington.

Republicans, no need to worry. Vote for him instead.

This former McCain County Co-Chair in 2000 agrees with him 100%. Shays, hopefully, will retain his seat and those of us from the GOP flocking to Obama/Biden this year can come "home" in the future if the GOP realizes that the right wing "lug nuts" have to go in order for the party to be a "national" party again. If the "bible thumping" hate mongers don't like it, too bad. Millions of us can stay where we are this year in the future.

Obama loosing ground in FL, NC, PA, and Virginia. Finally, the pople are starting to wake up and realise that he is not ready to be president.

I'm not voting for McCain but his people are doing him any good. Do I fell bad , no but it's interesting.

Rome is burning so watch the rats flee!

DUH !!!!!

Every Republican will learn a bitter lesson from all this.
America will finally speak out...
In the words of W:
"Fool me once...same on ya...
Fool me twice...We won't be fooled again."

So goes the McCain-Palin Titanic, all the rats are jumping ship!

Well duh! McCain has been accusing Obama with terrorist ties, Remember McCain you have skeletons in your closet. You complain about everything. Your pick of VP is a total joke and you can't see that, or are you that blind.

McCain tell the truth about your connection with this PLO member,Mmm!

You keep saying my friends, I ain't your friend, nor will I want to be... You are the most dangerous person running for President along with your running mate.

If you win this election, we as a whole will loose.... You are stingy and you say you will bring wealth back into the United States, well how about this you will bring us to the brink of WW3... Scary huh!

You will continue with those Bush Docterines and we will loose all respect in this world, The world will say "Friends like you who needs enemies!!!"

I need hope never war!

Give peace a chance

Obama/Biden08/12

oh lord! they must have been promised something! i have heard a lot of promises unbroken by OBAMA.. WAKE UP AMERICANS

It seems the Republicans are distancing themselves away from McCain the same way they did from Bush.

Considering how dirty this campaign is, I can't blame them. Hopefully this nonsense will end soon so that we can work together to fix our economy.

McCain has run a shameful campaign and has jeopardized the seats of many Republicans which is truly pathetic. Obama has run an outstanding campaign because he has stood for the people! He is a once in a lifetime type of candidate. His 30 minute advertisement was simply riveting! Obama will be the one to unite this nation and the government. He is the one that can work with all people because he has the integrity, ideology and the temperament and understanding of how things work. McCain hasn't offered any solutions to today's problems. He's only run on lies and smears! Lastly he made the terrible decision in selecting his running mate!

Who's this? Never heard of him.

Has anybody noticed that there are only two people that have the experience to be president on day one?
No, neither is running for the job, but both have had the job.
George Herbert Walker Bush and Jimmy Carter are the only two people that have experience being president and are elibible to be president again.

It is good to see that Republicans are beginning to see the truth in why McCain may lose this race. In 2004, I wished that John McCain was running, and not Bush – I could have voted for McCain with a clean conscience. However, today's McCain, who has run a very ugly campaign and no longer stands for the things he stood for in 2000 and 2004, has dug his own hole and just keeps digging it deeper every day – now trying to link Obama to yet another radical figure. I miss the old McCain – I really admired him, and I'm a lifelong Democrat. I'm sorry to see that he wants the office so bad that he will say or do anything to get it. It makes it hard to believe anything he says against Obama when it's just the pot calling the kettle black!

So let me get this straight, first he said it, then he denied it – then because there was proof through an audio he admitted saying it.
Sounds like a Republican!
Apparently CNN had to report this as the truth because of the audio, but it often seems that CNN choses to only report what their reporters perceive to be the truth. Why on the fact check on Palin's comment about Rashid Khalidi did CNN not also point out that a group McCain was part of gave Khalidi $450,000? Is it because you are biased?
No Bull, No Bias – MY BUTT! CNN has now shown it's true color of yellow journalism.

Sounds like a guy that has looked in the mirror and said, "Hmm, do I save my own career, or do I go down with the ship?" Interesting strategy considering John McCain could very well win despite the poll numbers. No matter what happens on Nov. 4th, it will appear that Shays will be a man without many friends.

Obama/Biden '08

From the center! Be moderate! What an idea, too bead the system isn't set up to allow what the vast majority of Americans want. After all look at the last 8 years....far from the middle!

Need I say more?

CNN, Needs to Stop Lieing on the Truth Squad, because John McCain said the BIG Companies were going were taxes were lower, McCain never said he would give those same Companies a Tax Break, if they remained here. STOP THE LIES CNN.

CNN is not the NEWS THAT YOU CAN TRUST TO TELL THE TRUTH, BUT YOU ARE GOOD AT SOUND BITES AND ADDING YOUR OWN SPEND.

TRASH!

Dorothy, OK

It's kind of sad to see moderate Republicans being swept out of Congress while far-right Republicans, because of redistricting and regional differences, remain in power. The polarization of Congress continues. People like Shays and Susan Collins of Maine are important in the Senate for giving an alternative viewpoint without the histrionics of folks like Tom DeLay and supporters of Sarah Palin.

Sadly, John McCain has chosen to align himself with the far-right fringe, creating a public face for the entire Republican Party that makes it look like a bunch of loons.

Just more proof that the GOP has lost their way. What happen to them is the question that many of us are asking. Most of all high ranking members. People we need to stop looking at parties and start looking who is truely for the people.We must always remember what the founding fathers fougth so hard to bring us, freedom to choose who we want to lead us and we must make sure that is what we are getting when ever we put a person in office. We the people....

This McCain campaign...it's some kinda' twisted reality show...right??

'Cause they can't be seriously thinking of leading this country...right??

Former Sen. Bob Kerrey of Nebraska, an Obama supporter, writes in The New York Post, "a hypocrite is a person who puts on a false appearance of virtue - who acts in contradiction to his or her stated beliefs or feelings. And that, it seems to me, is what we are doing now."

Thanks for breaking one of your many promises to the American people, Barack, on running a fair campaign with Public Finanace.

I hate a liar.

Before the campaigns began I was trul undecided and had always liked John McCain but the way he has run this campaign, with the robocalls, the character attacks, and the stream of lies particularly from the lips of Sarah Palin have turned my stomach. Obama will likely win because he has accurately picked up on the fact the Americans are all sick of the era of Karl Rove dirty tricks. We are Americans first. Obama comes across as a uniter and McCain as a divider. Maybe in four years we will have an honest debate about issues as Karl and his ilk crawl back under whatever rock they came from.

Now it is somehow the Democrats' fault that they are going to sweep the Congress and the Presidency.

Until the Republicans understand that it was their abuse of power during the past many years that brought this will of people upon them, and do something about it to reverse the abuse, they will keep losing on all levels.

Here, in what James Carville spoke of as the Alabama part of Pennsylvania, the local candidates are not identifying themselves as Republicans in this election. I never thought I would see the day that Republicans in this precinct would be ashamed of their party affiliation.

I am happy that some people can see that John McCain has and is not running a clean campaign unlike CNN Truth Squad/Fact Check.
I have officically change my network to MSNBC because everytime CNN does a fact check with McCain it is half way true just a little misleading, but with Obama it is false. Hello MSNBC.

WAKE UP PEOPLE, OBAMA COULD BE THE BIBLICAL FIGURE KNOWN AS THE ANT-CHRIST! READ REVELATIONS AND THEN LOO AT HIS BACK GROUND CONNECTIONS

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He all but endorsed Obama -

Finally, someone has sense.

I am gathering the Repubs are feeling the exact same sediment, but not voicing their opinions.

Tick...tick...tick....tick...tick...tick....

You know it's over John. Lying will not get you to the White House like your role-model George "big dubya" Bush did. Give up now and take it like a man, or suffer the sweeping landslide.

McCain has run an erratic campaign. He had no long term plan, and was always reacting from his gut in the moment. This is not what a leader does.

DID YOU SEE THE REPORT ?!?!?!? AFTER THE LATEST SLIMY CHARGE BY UNCLE FESTER AND ELLIE MAE, THE FACTS HAVE COME OUT THAT THE "RADICAL" PLO HEAD THAT OBAMA IS SUPPOSEDLY FRIENDS WITH........ HAS RECEIVED $500,000 IN GRANTS FROM McLAME IN THE 80s!!!!!!!!!!!!! ARE YOU FING KIDDING ME?!? ARE THEY THAT STUPID? LETS HEAR THE SPIN ON THIS ONE!!!!

CNN is campaiging for John McCain. EVERY story on the t.v. slams Obama for McCain. They refused to air Obama's ad but then put McCain directly after to bash him, give me a break. And CAMPBELL BROWN turns her ugly nose up everytime she even mentions Obama's name. She is a snob. John McCain can't afford to campaign the way Obama can so CNN is doing to for him. DONE WITH CNN!!!!!

They see the writing at the wall...

Stick a fork in them, they are done.

Obama/Biden "08" and beyond.

And the scipt just keeps falling apart. Bye bye McCain, bye bye Palin – take your poison somewhere else – we're not buying it this time around.

"I just don't see how [McCain] can win," Connecticut Rep. Chris Shays told the Yale Daily News earlier this week...

If you watch the Larry King clip on Oct 29's interview with Mccain about his choice of Palin, you can easily draw conclusions on his manners and his comments. McCain's manner in this clip looks more like a "Micky Mouse" than a President with all the excessive giggling and rolling of the eyes. Maybe he can't cover the fact that he also thinks Palin is a joke. McCain said Palin was a good choice because she is the most popular governor in America and she can ignite the crowd. He is honest after all by saying that he picks her for her popularity and capability to draw a crowd or votes. Senator McCain, if you were up-to-date or in reality, you would know Palin's approval rating in Alaska has dropped from 82 in Jan to 65 now. She now has a 30% negative rating. Do you not know the anti-Palin protest in Alaska just 2 weeks after her VP nomination. I am sure you know Larry's Palin question is coming and I would have thought that you would be prepared to give some substantiated and solid reasons for your choice to help turn things around for Nov 4. May God bless you Senator McCain.

What this idiot Republican sadly fails to realise is that us Democrats have not run a clean campaign either. If anything, the Democratic campaign has been much, much dirtier! That is the why, and for other numerous reasons, I and numerous other registered Democrats, are not supporting Senator NObama's ticket.

There are many more Democrats than Republicans that are disenchanted with the Democratic campaign ticket. However most have been intimidated into keeping their lips sealed. Believe it or not, even some Blacks.

I guess my respect for Representative Chris Shays has sunk to a new low. Oh well, my guess is that he is running stupidly scared.

What the Republicans need to do is Tell Pallin to keep her lying mouth shut, and tell the Same to McShame..........so much for Honesty and Integrtiy............this is not Vietnam and the Democrats are not Vietmnise............clearly Mc Cain thinks that who he is fighting

You know it's bad when the rats abandon the ship...

Not only are repubs jumping ship, but now ARIZONA is a toss-up state?

McCrypt's negativity may cost him his day job as well!

Shays is the loser with such a bonehead remark. Bye-Bye Shays.

Obama is an instigator. He is a dirty fighter. If he comes to office he will betray all the people who voted for him.

Wow, That's sad. Meaning the type of champaign McCain has run.

It is amazing that Sen Shay came out and spoke up as to what McCains campaign has been doing. I mean it does not take a genius t o have seen what the McCain camp has been doing. And even today in reading some of he pilitical stories, ie, the one about Obama ties with some spokesman for the PLO, shows how desperate the campaign is. It seem like all the campaign wants to do is point fingers and not really adressthe issues more so talk about who Obama played with in the playgrounds and so forth. And they show jealousy because the Obama camp has raised so much money and can afford to do some of the things they are doing that they fall into traps trying to contra that they look stupid. I think all in all the RNC has ran a very bad campaign and Sen Shay and the other Republicans who has came out to say what is right rather than go along with the flow as many have done over the last eight years is very positive for all of us. I have never seen such a terrible administration as I have seen in the past eight years and all who followed just to be part of the group.They should have shown the intestinal fortitude and speak out against all the wrong that has been going on.

people, republican or not, will start coming out of the woodwork to poke at McCain – too bad, it's easy to do it now and it's not nice!

I agree

It's not about being dedicated to a certain party, it all comes down to who is better qualified overall and that is Obama. If you believe Palin/McCain is the better party, go for it, BUT, don't complain to me like you do about voting for Bush 2x in a row! Vote SMART.

Shays. Republican? Who knew? His behavior fooled us all!

Live by the sword...die by the sword.

McKnucklehead's campaign flip-flops and erratic path was an early demonstration of his lack of trustworthyness...unfortunately for him.

Time to move on. Nice knowin' ya McLiar.

Joe the Plumber,
Tom the Teacher,
Tito the Carpenter,
now..

McCain the Loser!