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Meghan McCain Bests Obama Speechwriter
Politicians are perennially going after the youth vote, and a new poll indicates the key to success may lie with the McCains. The ScoopDaily/Zogby poll shows that unlike their older counterparts, 18- to 24-year-old Americans look up to Meghan McCain more than President Obama’s wunderkind speechwriter Jon Favreau. Their most frequently cited idol? Mark Zuckerberg, the founder of Facebook. Favreau is known for penning the president’s famously inspirational rhetoric, and waning interest in his work may be attributed to “rising millennial disillusionment.” McCain, a moderate Republican columnist (and Daily Beast contributor) is also an outspoken advocate of bringing change to the Republican Party—she vocally supports gay marriage. “The Obama administration understands that my generation spends most of its day on a laptop or a BlackBerry… until the Republican Party joins the 21st century and learns how to use the Internet, its members will keep getting older and the youth of America will just keep logging on to the other side,” said McCain.
tolatetocry
that's because she says she is a republican and then all she does is diss republicans. Libs loves that! Can't wait til her daddy is out of office (which may be sooner rather than later)little Meghan will disappear with him.
deegee
I think the big difference is that Meghan is much more visible. Jon's job is to make the president look good, not write op-ed pieces.
greengirl
How in the world could anyone take her seriously! She needs to put on a shirt that fits and cannot carry on an intelligent conversation. Give America's young more credit than that!
MaliciousDisorder
oink
saskia520
Of course she's more visible than most, look at the size of her.
evae1960
She's not fat, you idiot.
FrontPaws
I guess it depends on what your definition of "fat" is. To most people, Meghan McCain is fat. Doesn't make her a bad person, but she is fat.
jaydeekay
Wow... GOP hate about a centrist GOP'er.
I'm shocked, I tell ya... simply shocked!
The future of the GOP (from: http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1904136,00.html):
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It was a huge shock to the GOP when Barack Obama won Republican Indiana last year. The bigger news was how he did it. Latino voters delivered the state. Exit polls showed that they provided Obama with a margin of more than 58,000 votes in a state he carried by a slim 26,000 votes. That's right, GOP, you've entered a brave new world ruled by Latino Hoosiers, and you're losing.
In 1980, Latino voters cast about 2% of all votes. Last year it was 9%, and Obama won that Hispanic vote with a crushing 35-point margin. By 2030, the Latino share of the vote is likely to double. In Texas, the crucial buckle for the GOP's Electoral College belt, the No. 1 name for new male babies - many of whom will vote one day - is Jose. Young voters are another huge GOP problem. Obama won voters under 30 by a record 33 points. And the young voters of today, while certainly capable of changing their minds, do become all voters tomorrow.
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Oh no, GOP!!! What are ya gonna do?!?
DeliaK
She's young, she'll learn! Then when she's 40 she'll write a book about how she became a Democrat.
jaydeekay
As is evidenced from the responses in this thread, I'm sure it will be, partly at least, because she was forced out.
gak001
The lurch to the Right is forcing out moderates and shrinking the Republican Party. I, for one, am happy to have fine moderates like Sen. Arlen Specter join the Democratic Party. I'd rather have a diversity of opinions to develop better policy than some echo chamber, which doesn't really lead to optimal solutions.
Doziem
I won't be buying her book.
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