Sunday, July 13, 2008
'To a large degree in the Theodore Roosevelt mold'
John McCain's political self-description sounds pretty accurate. But he's still got that loose-cannon streak that makes me nervous. ... Strangely, his acknowledgement that he barely knows how to navigate the Internet and never sends emails is almost endearing. He knows he's risking a Bush-in-the-supermarket comparison and yet still plows onward. ... On the subject of presidential candidates: If Hub Blog's reaction is any indication, Obama's flips on issues are going to hurt him -- and some of those flips were toward positions I favor. Too many flips too fast. I know candidates have to tack to the center in general elections. But Obama's mad dash to the center was unsettling. I oddly found myself paying more attention to where he came from than where he went to -- the very thing he didn't want voters to notice. ...
John McCain's political self-description sounds pretty accurate. But he's still got that loose-cannon streak that makes me nervous. ... Strangely, his acknowledgement that he barely knows how to navigate the Internet and never sends emails is almost endearing. He knows he's risking a Bush-in-the-supermarket comparison and yet still plows onward. ... On the subject of presidential candidates: If Hub Blog's reaction is any indication, Obama's flips on issues are going to hurt him -- and some of those flips were toward positions I favor. Too many flips too fast. I know candidates have to tack to the center in general elections. But Obama's mad dash to the center was unsettling. I oddly found myself paying more attention to where he came from than where he went to -- the very thing he didn't want voters to notice. ...
