[Torie]

Ya the tax cut stuff doesn't withstand the empirical reality. But the fact is, that seeming to do nothing, even if nothing is the best policy (over the long term, in the short term, it would give a short term boost), in the face of a soft economy for reasons beyond the control of mere governments, is political suicide. Thus I give him a bye.

[jwalsh07]

I was listening to the speech on the drive home from Boston.

The tone of it made me believe that at any minute he was going to stop and say:

These are the things I believe are right and just and I'm going to do them and if that means I can't get re-elected, well that's life in the big city.

The guy has a center, he believes in good and evil, right and wrong and he walks his Christian talk. My kinda guy.

I don't always agree with him but I sure the hell like the guy.