On July 14, 2007, John McCain confidently replied, “I can out-campaign any of these guys”. After returning to New Hampshire, John McCain had turned his attention on New Hampshire. He continued to announce to the people, that nothing will stand in the way between him and them, and this confidence originates from his previous victory in 2000, beating George W. Bush by 19 percentage points. However, despite the confidence McCain has in winning, New Hampshire has changed since he won with independent votes and recent polling even suggests that the votes may even go toward Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama.
I believe that John McCain is taking the right step in focusing his attention on New Hampshire because even if he wins in other states, it wouldn’t matter if he can keep the states that originally favored him. His overconfidence may first seem like a downfall that may affect his supporter’s views, but the fact that he returned to New Hampshire to regain support means that he is not as confident as he says he is. John McCain has ran against George W. Bush and though he did not win, he was still able to gain some state’s support and therefore if John McCain can remain confident and focus on new states, but not forget about old states, he will be a competitive candidate for the other candidates.
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I think McCain is really nervous about his status in the 2008 election and is trying to get as many votes in any way possible. His overconfidence seems to be the method of hiding his fear of losing in the running of Presidency and may in turn, lose many votes. It is nice to hear that he is focusing on New Hampshire, but I believe that he has the wrong reasons and intentions of doing so.
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