April 27, 2007

John McCain: Branching Out Beyond Defense

As usual, McCain was great today on the Bloggers' Conference Call. We got a bit beyond Iraq, which had been the focus of the first Call I participated in.

I like the fact that he feels the GOP has to get California back in play, and/or at least actively campaign there. He's right: not communicating here only perpetuates the problem. He maintains that he can make a difference here, that he can talk to us as a fellow Westerner. Maybe. The problem is, he's never done that well with libertarians, and most of us who fall right-of-center here have strong libertarian leanings. We'll see how it goes.

It was nice to see him discuss domestic issues such as tax reform, pork spending, revamping Social Security and Medicare, at the same time he's as well-versed in military matters as he ever was.

More later.

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1 I've lived in Silicon Valley since before the implants. I promise you the line "I'm a Westerner like you - why, I'm from Arizona!" not only won't sell, it won't even translate.

Posted by: Colin MacDougall at April 27, 2007 02:57 PM (Zydip)

2 There are times when I feel like I'm more of an Arizonan than Senator McCain. And I'm an Angeleno, born and bred.

Posted by: Attila Girl at April 28, 2007 03:32 PM (leK0u)

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