McCain, Davis, Weaver

I've read (and written) much about the internal dynamics of the McCain campaign. This, from The New Republic's Jason Zengerle, is the best, the fairest, and the most comprehensive piece of reportage I've yet come across.

One comes away thinking that McCain is not an orthodox manager...

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Not orthodox.... maybe he is reform?

I am going to call his Rabbi to find out.

Posted by D | April 10, 2008 3:14 PM

A comparison with Kerry 2004 may be in order...the way McCain won (i.e. by default or just lucky) may preclude needed changes to the campaign. Did McCain really "win" the Republican nomination...or did everyone else just lose?

It's clear McCain's back-from-the-grave nomination victory will tend to freeze the current campaign structure, leadership, strategy and message into place even if they aren't necessarily right for the general election. That, after all, is how John Kerry wound up going into the 2004 general election with a questionable campaign structure, leadership, strategy and message. At about this stage four years ago, I can remember some Kerry supporters muttering to each other things like: "How can you convince a candidate his campaign is making potentially fatal mistakes when he's just won the nomination after being left for dead?" I wonder if any McCainiacs are muttering similar things to each other today.

Courtesy TNR:
http://blogs.tnr.com/tnr/blogs/the_plank/archive/2008/04/10/does-mccain-have-a-kerry-problem.aspx

Posted by rashomon | April 10, 2008 4:04 PM

McCain supported African terrorists and the apartheid government of South Africa.

Why does he get a pass?

Posted by Colin | April 10, 2008 4:16 PM