McCain is a lousy candidate, just ask two die-hard Repubs who showed up at his lame rally in NM

An undecided couple sours on McCain

Posted: Saturday, October 25, 2008 3:54 PM by Carrie Dann
Filed Under: 2008, McCain

From NBC/NJ's Adam Aigner-Treworgy

ALBUQUERQUE, NM - Audra and Sam Kochansky decided to come to John McCain's rally at the New Mexico state fairgrounds today "to hear what they're going to do for us." But they weren't happy with what they heard.

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Although these may sound like Democratic talking points, the married pair of nurse anesthetists are lifelong Republicans, but they consider themselves undecided in this election.

Mr. Kochansky, who describes himself as a "diehard Republican who's registered independent," says that Republicans disheartened after eight years of the Bush Administration have been left with an unsavory choice. "I'm trying to make a decision," he said. "That's not the way the Republican Party should have conducted itself."

To help determine which box they'll check on Election Day, the Kochansky's decided to attend both candidates' rallies in the Albuquerque area today.

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The pair also said they were surprised that the turnout for today's event, attended by less than a thousand people, was so small.

An Albuquerque Journal poll conducted in early October showed McCain trailing Obama by five points in the state.

"Just from talking with our neighbors and such it's we're tired of the last eight years and even though McCain says he's not Bush, take a look around you," he said. "It's still the Republican Party, and unfortunately my Republican Party is still the last eight years and that's very disappointing to me."

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