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Monday, September 29, 2008
Klein: McCain's 'Puerile Histrionics' Helped Scuttle Bill
Joe Klein assigns part of the blame for today's mess on McCain's "puerile histrionics":
I do blame McCain for his puerile histrionics and for dragging this issue--which should have been above partisanship--into presidential politics. Let's make no mistake about it: his various gimmicks had absolutely nothing to do with the substance of the issue. He doesn't know all that much about the substance of the issue. The gimmicks were a failed attempt to make it seem as if he had powers, and knowledge, he didn't have. Clearly, he was in a more difficult position than Obama--the populist conservative wing of House Republicans was unwilling to take responsibility for the fruits of the deregulation that they promoted--and that might have required a more aggressive effort to move votes on his part, but the flailing about only confused Republicans (was he for, was he against?) and made matters worse.
Posted by Metavirus at 9/29/2008 06:07:00 PM
Tags: Bailout , Deregulation , Economy , Election 2008 , Failure , General Election , John McCain , Leadership , Temperament
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