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April 10, 2006
When A Lovely Flame Dies, Smoke Gets In Your Eyes
The old song is still appropriate. The media are getting quite disappointed in John McCain.
New York Times columnist Paul Krugman: "It's time for some straight talk about John McCain. He isn't a moderate. He's much less of a maverick than you'd think. And he isn't the straight talker he claims to be."
Arianna Huffington, the author and blogger, says she "admired" and "loved" McCain. But, she writes, "watching a true American hero hang a For Sale sign on his principles is a profoundly sad thing."
Washington Post columnist E.J. Dionne: "If McCain spends the next two years obviously positioning himself to win Republican primary votes, he will start to look like just another politician. Once lost, a maverick's image is hard to earn back."
I am sure that somebody in McCain's office is clipping all these anti-John McCain articles by the likes of Krugman, Huffington and Dionne for use in his 2008 primary run. They're the equivalent of endorsements as far as the base of the Republican party is concerned.
McCain's got a long way to go before he becomes inevitable. He's old and he looks it. George Allen or Mitt Romney might blow us all away in the next two years. But criticism from the media isn't going to hurt John McCain one bit.
Posted by pat at April 10, 2006 10:23 PM
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I think he is just as obvious as Hillary and if its a Hillary vs. McCain 2008 it will be the year of the imposters.
Posted by: Aaron at April 11, 2006 07:38 AM
Hah...Arianna Huffington blathering about principles is a joke. Still, I must agree that McCain is no shoo-in. There are a lot of Republicans who do not trust him.
But as Pat says, these criticisms from the left-wing press can't hurt him.
Posted by: Pam at April 11, 2006 11:40 AM