Man in the Arena

The latest John McCain video (courtesy of the talented Justin Germany, no doubt)…watch the YouTube version below, or go High-Def at the campaign splash page.

[youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_A53PAxeR8]

Thoughts?

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5 comments March 6th, 2008

Comeback

What a crazy election, and what an amazing comeback.

It’s only a few months ago that in New Hampshire the local media was reporting Senator McCain was riding commercial flights carrying his own bags; and that his campaign’s SUV had a flat tire (literally the tire went flat when driving away from a campaign event). Now he’s locked up the nomination, and it seems almost anti-climactic as everyone pretty much knew it was coming.

However, people shouldn’t forget what an incredible story this is. Granted McCain’s lived another comeback story that is far more impressive. However, in political terms this is about as good as it gets. Even just a few months ago no one in the media thought he had a chance. It wasn’t that they thought he was an underdog, it was that they thought he was toast.

Senator McCain is a living example of the ‘never give up’ mantra, and hopefully people are starting to realize the error of counting this man out.

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2 comments March 5th, 2008

Do the Democrats Really Want to Go There?

Following up on Matt’s post below on Glora Steinem’s derisive comments, it appears Sen. Clinton’s campaign is now trashing Sen. McCain’s time in the military. Specifically, Wes Clark employs the canard that McCain’s experience as a fighter pilot and POW don’t alone prepare him to be Commander in Chief. I agree. That in and of itself doesn’t qualify Sen. McCain for the job.

Of course, there’s a few qualifications that Clark conveniently leaves out. James Joyner of Outside the Beltway Blog lays out some of them:

But McCain’s experience isn’t limited to that Clark had as a mere company commander in Vietnam; he rose to the rank of captain (equivalent to an Army/Air Force/Marine colonel) and did a tour as the Navy’s liaison to the United States Senate. He followed that with four years in the United States House of Representatives and another 22 as a United States Senator. He’s a former Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee and is now the committee’s Ranking Member.

Be sure to check out James Joyner’s full post  at Outside the Beltway Blog.

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10 comments March 3rd, 2008