Actually, he’s damned right on his advice:
• McCain should go after those who have caused the subprime crisis and demand justice. He should press for recapture of the fees and commissions they made by making loans they knew were no good. He should demand that their licenses be ended, their institutions closed, and their ill gotten gains confiscated.
• He should attack credit card companies for their abuse of consumers through usurious interest rates, high penalty fees imposed at the drop of a hat, and interchange fees that add to the cost of everything we buy.
• McCain should take up the case against Congressional perks, building on his efforts to curtail earmarks, cracking down on Congressional ethics, and taking aim at the day to day practices (as opposed to the speeches) of his two fellow senators who are running for office.
• He should go after regulators who don’t regulate, beginning with those who let unsafe toys into the U.S. He should condemn the FAA for its weaknesses. He should go after the Fed and other regulators for their laxity in the face of the emerging credit crisis.
• McCain should blast China for its abuse of Tibet. While governments are cowed into silence, McCain should speak out for human liberty and against the repressive tactics of Beijing even as China wants us to celebrate their Olympic games.
These would all play well and seperate him from his opponents, especially if he introduced some of these initiatives TODAY in the senate and force his opponents to take stands on them on the record. All 3 of these folks are sitting senators... I know if I was in McCains place, I’d say to these boobs, you are right, lets do something about X or Y.. but lets not wait until 09, lets do it today, and call them to the carpet and introduce bills and watch them wilt away.
And we would have a victory for, uh, populism. Which I despise even more than liberalism. But then I'm not a McCain guy to begin with. Oh well, back to muttering about how screwed we are...
But the problem is they aren’t Republican positions.
Point one is outright Stalinist
Points two and three would put him against every GOP Senator and Congressman running for re-election.
Point four is just a call for more regulation - contrary to the GOP position for the last 50 years.
Point five really won’t accomplish anything.
yes, this is right-on advice. I hope McCain has some sharp, aggressive people on his campaign and that he’ll listen to them. He’s GOT to start playing hardball, ideally now, but absolutely crucial by the general election. Because his opposition will be deadly in more ways than one, and he’d better be equally as tough.
“These would all play well and seperate him from his opponents,”
HOW?!?!?! IN GOD’S NAME, THESE ARE ALL NADER TALKING POINTS!
Can’t you tell the man is pulling the wool over your eyes? If he had said “stand up tall for abortion rights,” would that have made it more transparent? There is not a dime’s bit of difference between the three likely nominees, and the toe-sucker is just subtly making it obvious.