If anyone is wondering why John McCain is not holding a commanding lead over Barack Obama in his own state, all you have to do is listen to the people of Arizona. Many of the people I have spoken with shared their concerns that McCain has a nasty temper when people disagree with him, does not make sound economic policy choices and fails to show true leadership.
Joan Wendel
'd have an opportunity to share her expertise on treaties and international law with the congressman. But Wendel never got that opportunity. It soon became clear that the purpose of the call was not to discuss but to lecture; McCain had called to tell Joan Wendel why she was wrong. McCain, she said,

The candidates felt that the stilted, disjointed format of what was supposed to be a town hall-style debate made it harder for them to make their cases, Obama and McCain campaign aides tell ABC News.
The McCain campaign was further frustrated that their candidate didn't get more credit for the proposal that he made at the top of the debate for the government to refinance the nation's troubled mortgages.
t" for every American. It's something they think voters will pay attention to in the last weeks of the campaign.

WASHINGTON - If you take stock in the polls, it appears that Sen. John McCain is fighting a losing race in Pennsylvania.
Fifty-four percent of those questioned in a CNN survey said that Sen. Barack Obama won the second presidential debate. Obama's numbers shot up in the Keystone State after the first debate.
and gives him the lead statewide.