9.10.2007
This Week in Politics
Behold! The power of autumn. The playtime of summer is a fading memory. A week or so ago, we were still hitting the beaches, trying to get those last golden rays. Yesterday, I put on a sweater.
The lakeshore resorts are already empty. Morning traffic is jammed once again, the roads bloated with returning high school and college kids in cars much nicer than mine. The leaves are just turning that hue of yellow-green (green-yellow?).
People are Back to Work, and it feels good. Things get serious in September. Families get serious – back to nine months of rigorous routines and schedules. Football gets serious. The weather gets serious. And best of all, politics gets serious.
In honor of this crisp, new era that is Fall, the Spencer Post presents a new weekly round-up of the latest topics on Election 2008.
John McCain
Wow, I seriously thought this guy was down for the count. Suddenly, McCain is being talked about again. His buzz is definitely upward this week. The driver behind this sudden change in conventional wisdom appears to be McCain himself. The man is everywhere. I turn on the TV, and McCain is there. I flip the channel, McCain is there. There is a mathematical theorem somewhere dealing with the probability of McCain appearing on your TV screen within a sixty minute interval. Colbert, Leno, Stewart, Letterman, Stephanopoulos, Barnard, Harvey, Maxa - the list is honestly endless. And do not forget the repeat viewings. I honestly think McCain has been on The Daily Show every other week for the past couple months.
In any case, it appears to be working. McCain has come across more confident, more sure of himself. His strategy of supporting the war, once thought of as daft, is actually a brilliant idea. The reason is simple: McCain knows what he is talking about. Military strategy is not new to him. If Iraq isn’t neatly wrapped up in November, will voters start looking for the next War President? Do not dismiss John McCain just yet.
Fred Thompson
Mr. Thompson’s announcement this week was about as anti-climactic as Britney Spears in her new bikini. Surprisingly, Mr. Thompson did not come across like some nuvo-Gerardo like some thought he would. He’s actually seemed a bit nervous in interviews, suddenly realizing he’s in this thing for real.
So many ideals and desires have been wrought upon this man, I will be interested in what he has to say in the next few weeks. Thompson has already been given a few chances to address the issues, but so far we’re getting “I agree, that is an issue,” to “we are looking in to that.” There might be more there, we’ll see.
Not much happening here. Everyone is far more interested in the hurly-burly of the GOP at the moment.
1 comment:
I am unsure I like politics to be trivialized with announcements on Leno, but I did like Fred's Web video.
http://blip.tv/file/365125
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