McCain Report

Greetings all!

Life has gotten in the way of my updates of late, but here again with another installment of "How the (McCain) World Turns", I bring to you what is new in the John McCain camp.

As many of you know, a presidential hopeful debate took place yesterday morning. Not much to report from that event; I'm told that the countless previous debates pretty much told you all you need to know. McCain appeared to be on the aggressive concerning his war stance--it is "do or die" time, and he is doing or dying with that issue.

The Economist, in a well-thought out piece, characterizes McCain's campaign as "desperate". Yet, because of his "lackluster" opponents on the elephant side of the aisle, he still has a chance.

It is time for Mr McCain to get the change bucket out. Enthusiasm among Republican voters for their candidates is low: it will not take much for support to switch. If Mr Thompson fails to deliver, if a stop-Giuliani movement materialises, if Mr Romney stumbles in Iowa, then Mr McCain could yet make a comeback.

On Saturday, the Washington Post, one of my favorite pubs, reported that McCain is now blaming the Congress (which would, incidentally, include himself) for the bridge disaster in Minnesota last week. I cannot agree with this assessment. True, Congress could have doled out more moula for various public works projects across the country, but this solution begs the question: how in the world can we pay for all the failing bridges in America? In Maine, where I currently reside, a governor's report last week told us that 30% of our 3,800 bridges are "structurally deficient", as was the Minnesota bridge. This tragic disaster was just that, tragic. But monday morning quarterbacking amounts to little more than "coulda, woulda, shoulda" (but never really woulda if this hadn't happened).

And finally, Brit Hume of Fox News tells us that McCain has changed his stance on immigration (story here). According to Hume, he has toned down some of his suggestions, backing a bill that does not mention the guest worker program. Nonetheless, McCain's wording suggested that he may still "go there" down the road.

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Please feel free to comment on these pieces (positive and negative); it lets me know there are still interested McCainnites out there.

Keep your stick on the ice; We're all in this together.