The murmurs came from shockingly not-insider type people. For
example, they were certain Obama would join up -- which sounds like
McCain was making a gamble (again) that everyone loves "honor" and
"doing something!" just as much as he does.
I'm just looking at it from a media cycle standpoint. The Bush
speech tonight at 9 pm may not actually influence much. And this is
a good chance for McCain to emphasize the differences between
himself and the president. Lord knows the Obama campaign is already
figuring out how to tie McCain into all this.
Speaking of which, I wouldn't be surprised if some oppo research
found its way into the laps of David Kirkpatrick and Jackie Calmes
(that's not intended to be catty). They express shock and dismay
that McCain has an adviser who took money up till recently from
Freddie Mac in their
front page article (Obama's campaign has similar, ah, conflicts
of interest). The difference is that McCain lied, or at least
misrepresented. Not quite Watergate, but hey, outrage is in this
cycle. except that story won't get any play because of the
suspension.
Look, here's the trick. McCain's campaign is looking to plug the
holes in his resume, just as Obama's campaign is. Barack Obama went
to Europe to show that he could talk to foreign people. John McCain
is going to Washington to show that he can draw a guns and butter
chart. Hopefully he can draw the butter half as well as he can draw
the guns.
topics:
John McCain, Barack Obama
