[SupplySider]

I think McCain agrees with Gramm, but a defining personality characteristic of his is a deep-seated need for the approval of the New York Times and the popular "respectability" they and the rest of liberal media confer.

McCain threw Gramm under the wheels of the Straight Talk Express to prove his fealty to the lords of "malaise". He forgot that his base, infinitely more important to him in the election than liberals who will never vote for him, believes in Reagan style optimism, not Carterism. A major, if predictable, blunder.

[okie01]

[McCain] forgot that his base, infinitely more important to him in the election than liberals who will never vote for him, believes in Reagan style optimism, not Carterism. A major, if predictable, blunder.

Before I pull the lever, I would really, really like for McCain to give me one reason to vote for him. Just one.

With every day that passes, it becomes more obvious McCain is not going to give me that reason.

In retrospect, Bob Dole looks really good.

[okie01]

[McCain] forgot that his base, infinitely more important to him in the election than liberals who will never vote for him, believes in Reagan style optimism, not Carterism. A major, if predictable, blunder.

Before I pull the lever, I would really, really like for McCain to give me one reason to vote for him. Just one. Would that be asking too much?

But, with every day that passes, McCain makes it increasingly obvious that he is not going to give me that reason.

In retrospect, Bob Dole looks really good.