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br> Austin, Texas /p>

Jenny Rubin is correct to suggest that unless John McCain can put behind him his "One-trick Pony" image, that his sole concern as president would be the war against Islamic terrorism, he's toast in the general election.

The American, or any, people care far more about bread & butter issues than about a far away war that's winding down. Or about another, also far away, very hot war, in this case, the one in Afghanistan.

Tip O'Neill was correct also to observe "All politics is local." In other words, people care about issues that affect them directly, not abstract ones. Bin Laden has become an abstract issue, regardless John likes it or not.

p>Unless McCain can bring himself to become seriously concerned with domestic issues, I'm one conservative who's about to give up on his candidacy. br> -- Dave Livingston br> Colorado Springs, Colorado /p> p> OVER THERE, BUT NOT IN THE WHITE HOUSE br> Re: Ryan L. Cole's Vietnam Syndrome :

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