Count me among those perplexed by John McCain’s decision to go negative. Does the Senator think he’s not coming across as curmudgeonly enough? Does he think he’ll reap some benefit from turning himself into the political version of Grandpa Simpson?
If I were McCain, I’d go upbeat and explain my own positions and repair my own relationships with the party faithful. That’s what he has to do. Honestly, is there any Republican candidate out there that McCain would defeat (other than Larry Libertarian) in a head-to-head match-up? He has to tend to his own image. Knocking down nine other guys at this point simply isn’t feasible.
This advice even carries over to McCain’s critiques of the Democrats. He’s not helping himself insulting Hillary at this point. He’s just looking cranky and irritable. Unless he’s planning on campaigning with an onion on his belt, I would urge him to rethink this strategy.
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