Washington, Nov. 3 : It''s hard to find a political pro who really believes John McCain can turn the presidential vote around on November 4, 2008.
Though the numbers are tightening in the battleground states, a pragmatic senior McCain strategist gave his boss only a 15 percent chance of pulling it off.
The New York Daily News quoted GOP guru Karl Rove, the architect of President Bush’s 2000 and 2004 victories, as saying that McCain faced a “very, very steep, uphill climb”.