Tuesday, September 23, 2008

Will on McCain

I don't agree with George Will too often, but his column in the Washington Post today begins with:
Under the pressure of the financial crisis, one presidential candidate is behaving like a flustered rookie playing in a league too high. It is not Barack Obama.
Even the Wall Street Journal referred to McCain's reaction as "untethered" and "unpresidential"!

I must say it's been astonishing to see McCain flailing and all over the map on this. I had read about his impetuousness, but his lack of seriousness and the absence of a governing philosophy has been in evidence most clearly over the last week. I wonder if this will have an impact on the electorate - or do people not pay any attention to the content and only register that he sounds decisive and authoritative?

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