No bill with pork will cross my desk; then he signed the biggest pork laden bill one could imagine; coincidentally 80% of all people in the country opposed. How could he lose with that strategy.
Think of how hard it has been these past few months defending a vote for John McCain (I’m not talking about defending a vote against Obama now)! When the “Washington Stunt” played itself out, you couldn’t help but think, “Yeah, he really missed a chance there!” That is what was wrong. Tone-Deafness! He had the chance to put his whole pile of chips on the table (given the sudden thrust of the life-or-death nature of the financial crisis that swooped down upon us all), demonstrate his (reputed) outstanding quality of being “The Maverick” and his knees buckled.
Game. Set. Match. His own words condemned him.