Monday Morning Clacker offers remarkably cogent, persuasive analysis about McCain campaign
It is no secret that the exceptionally well-connected, upper-New-England-based Monday Morning Clacker knows the players and intrigues in New Hampshire, better than any other new-media site. For one thing, McCain chief strategist John Weaver reads his site every day.
Well, on Tuesday, the Clacker offered a remarkably cogent, persuasive analysis about the McCain campaign, how it has found itself in its current predicament - and most importantly, how it can be corrected. The Tower strongly recommends that you read the full text on his site. Here is an excerpt:
…And McCain’s campaign does seem to have some problems. We’ll admit that.But the important thing to remember, we think, is that it’s the campaign that has the problems. Not the candidate. Which makes this a much simpler fix. Yes, immigration hurts McCain in a Primary. Yes, the War in Iraq hurts McCain in a General. Yes, campaign finance reform and past fights with the GOP base hurts McCain in a Primary.
Duh. But that’s McCain. And he’s the candidate. And he’s not going to change from doing what he thinks is right for nothing and for nobody.
Which is why we love him more than any candidate who has run for President in 30 years.
And McCain’s Straight Talk is why we think he’s the only GOP candidate that can be elected in 2008.
But Team McCain must remember that successful campaigns complement the candidate. Not the other way around.
Which is why we think the Bush ‘04 re-elect campaign that the McCain camp has been running for the last several months has not been successful.
Too much national staff. Too much “establishment thinking”. Too much wishing that the candidate is someone (Bush) he’s not. Too much worrying about what the GOP big donors (lots of a********, no snark) think about McCain. Too much of a 50-State Strategy before the Primary is even won.
It’s just doesn’t seem to be working.
And so we think that it’s time for a change. And we think that change starts in a big way in New Hampshire.
Think of it as “McCain ‘00 Plus“.
Now go read the rest of it - you can read the original post here.
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