The risks of running a contrast ad against John McCain are large. This cycle, everyone seems to like McCain in New Hampshire -- 20 editorial boards, even the Union Leader -- and the local press seems to be in an aidin' and abetin' mode.
Several Romney aides said that the script for the advertisement had been approved yesterday after an internal debate.
The benefit in running the ad, according to these aides, is that it will remind core Republican voters -- Romney's New Hampshire base -- about the differences between the two men. The ad doesn't necessarily intend to dissuade Republicans from voting for McCain as much as it intends to persuade Republicans intending to vote for Romney that they've made the right choice.
Early reaction to the ad is muted. The New York Times's Santora calls it misleading in several respects.
BTW: Here's McCain's new ad, "Endorsed."
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Yesterday was a good day for McCain. The tragedy in Pakistan juxtaposed with the campaign, most commentators said the event helped John McCain on the Republican side. I guess a brave woman's death de facto erases McCain's long record that has been so loathsome to conservatives.
Almost every pundit (including Krauthammer?) said the assassination helped McCain because he has the most experience in foreign policy issues.
I think just the opposite. When McCain has the air of being the expert on a subject, this is when McCain is at his worst as a leader.
This mindset leads McCain to shutdown listening to opposing views and he becomes a first class jerk. It leads him to fly off the handle and not control his temper and tell others “f**k you” and call them chickensh*t*”.
McCain doesn’t have the comportment to be POTUS.
Posted by sheryl | December 28, 2007 12:56 PM