Inbox, Outbox 5/24: McCain's Kissed By The Union Leader
Lord he was born a gambling man. Try to make a difference, doing the best he can.
Have you ever read a New Hampshire Union Leader editorial that's friendly to Sen. John McCain? You're in for a treat. The headline even uses a favorite metaphor of McCain's chief strategist, John Weaver: "The Gambler: John McCain Goes All In"
We disagree with the senator about the immigration bill. But we admire his determination to do what he believes is right even at great personal risk. McCain is gambling his political career on his belief that Americans want a leader, not a follower. So far, no other presidential candidate has had the guts to do the same.
In other words, McCain's displaying guys and character. Another good headline from SC: "McCain Cites Terrorists As Reason To Push Immigration Bill"
2. 6 Days and no word from the Romney campaign as to what they would replace the Z visa program with. Yes, we're repeating a McCain talking point. But it's still a reasonable question. The Florida press corps is picking up the trail. And someone asked Al Cardenas, a key Romney adviser, former state party chair, and um, Cuban-American, what he thinks: Romney advisor Al Cárdenas, a Cuban-American lawyer and former chairman of the Republican Party of Florida, said:
"The criticism he has received has been over the top and unfair. . . . I am confident that he will [put] forward an immigration proposal that Floridians and Hispanics alike will find fair.''
McCain is no leader(sorry for the pun). The Union-Leader is a well known right wing rag. By the way, who said this:
It was a shameful thing to ask men to suffer and die, to persevere through god-awful afflictions and heartache, to endure the dehumanizing experiences that are unavoidable in combat, for a cause that the country wouldn’t support over time and that our leaders so wrongly believed could be achieved at a smaller cost than our enemy was prepared to make us pay. No other national endeavor requires as much unshakable resolve as war. If the nation and the government lack that resolve, it is criminal to expect men in the field to carry it alone.