The energizing of the Republican Party's Christian base is critical to John McCain's viability - strategists in McCain's camp had urged him to make this surprise announcement because his campaign was "on a losing trajectory." Her stances on all the hot-button issues such as global warming, abortion, gun control, and off-shore drilling will energize the "base" McCain needs to stay afloat in this election, namely big industry (logging, coal mining, etc.), Christian conservatives, the NRA hardliners, and the oil industry, respectively. ... The problem with those choices, of cour...

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Republicans led by John McCain largely opposed the bill, which would have established optional standards for the main computer systems that control the country's critical infrastructure, such as power grids, dams, and transportation. ... McCain took his comments as a personal insult to his stance on national security issues (Schmidt). ...

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