Do independents want a moderate or someone who is competent? |
The fact that McCain agrees with the democrats on campaign finance will not help him. Moderates don’t jut want democrats and republicans to come together so they can smile for the cameras. They want republicans and democrats to work together to produce legislation that actually fixes the problems. The problem with McCain isn’t that he is too liberal, its that he is incompetent. Every bill that has his name on it, has done the exact opposite of what it promised it would do. McCain-Feingold had the exact opposite effect: there is more dirty money that is not transparent now than ever.
You know how Bush coined the phrase, “compassionate conservative.” I would love to have Romney use the words “competent conservative.” Its not just about saying that you have compassion, or saying that you are a conservative, its about accomplishing something that is able to deliver compassion in a conservative manner. Any of this talk, I’m sorry to say, is many levels over McCain’s head. All that matters to him is working with the other side, not actually fixing problems. That’s what happens when you look at the world from behind a committee, and that is why we don’t elect senators to be presidents.