1.0 link 138963 <![CDATA[Shays: McCain Can't Win; Lost His "Maverick" Brand]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/29/shays-mccain-cant-win-los_n_138963.html The first ballot has yet to be tallied, but some Republicans are already hammering nails into the McCain-Palin campaign's coffin.

Locked in a tight congressional race, Rep. Chris Shays of Connecticut's 4th district is the latest in a slew of Republican incumbents, including Sen. Elizabeth Dole of North Carolina, to concede a near-certain victory to the Obama camp.

"I just don't see how [McCain] can win," Shays said in an interview here on Sunday.

Shays, the Connecticut co-chair of McCain's campaign, said he...

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