Infinite MonkeysI am assuming that McCain wins the election. Hillary can't tell the truth to save her life and Barry O'Bama is a left-wing hack who probably wins the Black vote and the of Daily Kos-ites. Problem is, I feel like a genuinely dislike John McCain. Oh, I'll vote for him, no doubt. But money? No. Enthusiasm? eh. The problem is that his first [political] instinct seems to be to poke the GOP in the eye. (His second being to kick the GOP in the ass.)
So how to get enthused about McCain? Being anit-Hillary or anti-Barry ain't gonna do it. (I give you 8 years of Billary on that score.)
No, St. John needs to rally the base in a positive campaign. he needs them (us?) to be "for McCain" not anti-Hillary/Barry. The question is, can he do it?
No, he cannot. He cannot because he is John McCain.
John McCain has spent the last 8 years building a consituency that expressly excludes Republicans. Yes, he's been solid on the war. But after that he is, well, Joe Lieberman.
Enthusiasm matters. Tell me, John, where are you going to find the enthusiasm?
Posted by JamesPh. at May 4, 2008 08:40 PM