Graham: If McCain Wins, If Obama Wins

In an interview given locally, U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham, R-SC, stated his game plan should his close friend John McCain win the White House and his contingency plan should Barack Obama win.

Many have speculated that McCain may tap Graham to take a key role in a potential McCain administration should the Arizona Senator win the Presidency.

But Graham quickly dispelled any such notion.

Graham maintains that should McCain win, he will be needed in the Senate to be an advocate for the McCain agenda.

No doubt, Graham has been very effective in that role, appearing often on the various Sunday morning network news programs in order to serve as a point-man in the Senate for the GOP.

And that role may become even more important if we are to believe many of the latest polls throughout the nation. Barack Obama has broken into a significant statistical lead over McCain, prior to the recent VP debate, that is. We still have not gotten a clear picture of the trends after the debate, which should come into focus by Tuesday of this week.

But prior to that debate, polls are showing McCain losing and some top Republican Senators losing their jobs, one being Elizabeth Dole of North Carolina, who is trailing badly at this point. Some observers believe that the Democrats could pick up the needed seats to have that all-important 60-seat majority in the Senate--enough to override any Presidential veto and enough to prevent Republicans from blocking the Socialist legislation the Democrats will surely attempt to pass.

If McCain wins, he will need all the help he can get in Senate in which the GOP is considerably weakened.

Senator Graham went further to state that should Barack Obama win the Presidency, he will remain in the Senate to fight the Obama onslaught 'tooth and nail.'

This is what the majority of South Carolinians wanted to hear.

Graham's seat is considered safe in this volatile election year. Although the Senator has raised the ire of his constituents on a couple of occasions by supporting the amnesty plan for illegal aliens, Graham still remains popular in the state, and his Democratic rival has not been able to mount a significant or credible campaign.

But in either case, with either a McCain administration or an Obama administration, Graham's role in the Senate will be significant in an era where the electorate seems to have taken leave of its senses in the aftermath of the crisis in the banking and mortgage industry.

Interesting that a problem created by government meddling is to be solved by more government meddling, if the polls are correct concerning who the citizens wish to send to Congress.

It just goes to show that money problems, plus panic, always lead to irrationality. We are seeing just that in the polls.