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McCain is pushing the idea that he is a proven leader who served his country and as President can be counted on to keep America safe from outside threats.  His strongest supporters are the elderly - the group that most wants stability.

McCain is pushing the idea that he is a proven leader who served his country and as President can be counted on to keep America safe from outside threats.  His strongest supporters are the elderly - the group that most wants stability.

McCain chose first-term [[Alaska]] [[Governor]] [[Sarah Palin]] as his Vice Presidential nominee.  Her relative inexperience on foreign policy issues undercuts his arguments against his opponent, [[Senator Barack Obama]], on experience, but also works to cut into [[Obama|Obama's]] call for "Change".  In addition, McCain has touted [[Palin's]] record of standing up to the Alaska Republican party when she resigned from an Ethics Commission in protest over a lack of ethics of fellow commissioners, as well as when she ran against, and beat, then-incumbent Governor [[Frank Murkowski]] in the Republican primary in 2006.  McCain will continue to tout her as a "maverick" and contrast her record outside of Washington, D.C. to Obama's V.P. nominee, [[Senator Joe Biden]].  Last, by choosing a female running mate, McCain hopes to increase his popularity amongst white women, where he currently trails Obama 43%-42% in a recent NBC/WSJ poll.<ref>[http://www.politico.com/blogs/jonathanmartin/0908/Bringing_in_more_white_women.html?showall Bringing in more white women]</ref>  In contrast, [[President Bush]] defeated [[Senator Kerry]] 55%-44% among this electorate in 2004.  According to the NBC/WSJ poll, one in three of the undecided voters were white women, and therefore an electorate that is clearly up for grabs.

McCain chose first-term [[Alaska]] [[Governor]] [[Sarah Palin]] as his Vice Presidential nominee.  Her relative inexperience on foreign policy issues undercuts his arguments against his opponent, [[Senator Barack Obama]], on experience, but also works to cut into [[Obama|Obama's]] call for "Change".  In addition, McCain has touted [[Palin|Palin's]] record of standing up to the Alaska Republican party when she resigned from an Ethics Commission in protest over a lack of ethics of fellow commissioners, as well as when she ran against, and beat, then-incumbent Governor [[Frank Murkowski]] in the Republican primary in 2006.  McCain will continue to tout her as a "maverick" and contrast her record outside of Washington, D.C. to Obama's V.P. nominee, [[Senator Joe Biden]].  Last, by choosing a female running mate, McCain hopes to increase his popularity amongst white women, where he currently trails Obama 43%-42% in a recent NBC/WSJ poll.<ref>[http://www.politico.com/blogs/jonathanmartin/0908/Bringing_in_more_white_women.html?showall Bringing in more white women]</ref>  In contrast, [[President Bush]] defeated [[Senator Kerry]] 55%-44% among this electorate in 2004.  According to the NBC/WSJ poll, one in three of the undecided voters were white women, and therefore an electorate that is clearly up for grabs.

===Democratic Strategy===

===Democratic Strategy===