The Only Way McCain Can Win?
07 July 2008 7:00 pm by Taylor Marsh
BY TAYLOR MARSH
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And so it begins. Obama as The Abortion President! Be afraid.
McCain’s recent campaign reshuffling, bringing in an old Cheney guy, as well as a bunch of Bushies, with Karl Rove leaning over the nominee’s shoulder, proves one thing. Whatever McCain’s got it isn’t management skills. He’s been floundering for months.
All the help in the world can’t change the mountain the GOP has to climb. The only thing left is negative campaigning, which the guys who were just brought in will likely be pushing. Though the birth certificate nonsense, which is absolute rubbish, is being helped along by the delusional and desperate from all quarters. Some people have wa–aaay too much time on their hands.
As for McCain, he’s finally decided to pay attention to what’s happening here. The Politico has McCain’s economic plan for those interested (an html version). McCain’s going to use all the monies after our “victory” in Iraq to balance the budget! I feel better already. Except:
· John McCain Will Institute Broad Reforms To Control Spending. A McCain Administration would reserve all savings from victory in the Iraq and Afghanistan operations in the fight against Islamic extremists for reducing the deficit. Since all their costs were financed with deficit spending, all their savings must go to deficit reduction. John McCain will freeze non-defense, non-veterans discretionary spending for a year and use those savings for deficit reduction. A one-year pause in the growth of discretionary spending will be imposed to allow for a comprehensive review of all spending programs. The McCain Administration will reclaim billions of add-on spending from earmarks and add-ons in FY 2007 and 2008.
· A McCain Administration Will Provide The Leadership To Achieve Bipartisan Spending Restraint Equivalent To That In The 1997 Balanced Budget Agreement Between A GOP Congress And A Democratic President. In 1997, President Clinton and the GOP Congress agreed to balance the budget by restraining the growth in spending and cutting taxes over a ten-year period. With the same bipartisan effort today, with the federal budget that now 70 percent larger, we could keep taxes low and still balance the budget by holding overall spending growth to 2.4 percent. Unlike Congress and the Executive in recent years, a McCain Administration will enforce the spending restraint to balance the budget and keep it balanced.
For analysis see here, and another that’s worth a look as well.
As for my take, I’m still wondering how you can even talk about U.S. economics without mentioning the deficit or the national debt. Details, details.
UPDATE: John McCain scared of librarians!
