4 Reasons the Weak Economy Is Now Helping McCain

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Pretty humorous stuff

1) Gas prices. When McCain "tweaks his policies on the fly," most Americans see that for what it is: flip-flopping and pandering, especially the gas tax moratorium.

2) Obamanomics. McCain's balancing of the budget by 2013 was laughed off the boards as absurd and unattainable. That's still true.

3) Fannie and Freddie. Americans already see this as a regulatory failure. Good luck to any attempt by McCain to make a case for smaller government out of that.

4) A skeptical public. Remind me how that worked out in 1992. And I doubt highly that Obama will make the mistake you suggest in the last sentence.

Bob of NH @ Jul 15, 2008 12:28:29 PM

Not So Fast!

You may have spoken too soon. Latest poll has Obama +9%. It would be hard to see how last week's gaft-fest on the McCain side wouldn't take a toll. (You completely overlooked the comment about "whiners"????)

http://www.quinnipiac.edu/x1295.xml?ReleaseID=1192

It would be truly counter-intuitive for the poor economy to favor McCain. All the national polls show (by huge margins) Obama as the candidate Americans trust to fix the economy.

I see this article as a right-wing wishful thinking!

sterling of CA @ Jul 15, 2008 12:25:59 PM

BLOWOUT

IF MCCAIN WOULD COME OUT AND TAKE A STAND AGAINST ILLEGAL'S CLOSE THE BORDERS AND STATR TO DEPORT THE CRIMINAL ILLEGALS

HE WOULD WIN BY A LANDSLIDE.

MICHAEL of CO @ Jul 15, 2008 12:21:10 PM

Government & Regulation

I believe that people believe that regulation/proper oversight would have diminished the mortgage crises. Wall Street and high finance won that back in the early '90s when the regulation was weakened. The 'fox' in the henhouse. Mike

Mike Hauer of WI @ Jul 15, 2008 11:50:26 AM

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