Monday, March 31, 2008
The Dem Race in a Nutshell
From Philip Klein at the AmSpecBlog:
The media keep hyping up the Democratic race as the political equivelent of a Jean Claude Van Damn movie--a fierce, bloody, death match. But it's really more like the English Patient -- a movie that goes on and on forever, with no real point, only to get rave reviews from critics.
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3 comments:
I'm starting to get concerned that the prolonged Dem race will actually hurt McCain. The reason is one of timing. If Obama and Hillary have all their negatives aired now, it will have little impact come November. So Obama will basically get a pass on Jeremiah Wright, his unpatriotic wife, his dealings with Rezko (and others), etc. Hillary will get a pass for her double-talk on NAFTA, her lies about Bosnia, etc. And how much new negative stuff will McCain uncover?
On the other hand, the press hasn't really spotlighted the things they will certainly bring up about McCain: 100 years in Iraq; I don't understand the economy; Keating 5; explosive temper; etc.
If McCain were smart he would find a way (cheaply, I might add since he has little money) to get in front of these issues. Some sort of YouTube or other placements would be a good start.
I'm also coming to the conclusion that McCain's only choice for VP will be someone who clearly has a strong command of the economy, because that is going to be the #1 central issue in this election, and the Dems will be VERY successful at playing up his comments that economics is his weak point. The question is, will McCain choose loyalty over pragmatism?
Oh, I totally agree with your concern w/r/t timing. It's exactly why I was saying back in November that a long, drawn out GOP primary didn't necessarily concern me. The harder the slog, the bigger the bounce when a candidate reaches the summit.
That said, a lot of dirty laundry has been aired, but I'm not sure McCain knows/wants to use it to his advantage.
The veep choice will not mititgate concerns w/r/t to the economy. McCain needs to make sure this is a foreign policy election or he will lose.
In order to mitigate the idea he doesn't care about economic policy, he'll have to go full bore. He should create a special committee to confront tax/regulatory/deficit matters and put a bunch of A-teamers on it (Mitt, Forbes, Kemp, Laffer, Greenspan, etc.), and then back that up with solid VP and Treasury picks (say, Cox and Gramm), to signal that there will be a deep bench of economic thinkers in the cabinet.