McCaint campaign is FUBAR - Check out the backdrop for his big "foreign policy" speech.

[jefferson_dem]

The backdrop for McCain's speech today on Iraq and Afghanistan suggests that -- contrary to the talk of a clear new message plan -- they scrapped a jobs speech at the last minute.

There's nothing wrong with that kind of flexibility and opportunism -- it's a central part of any campaign.

But it's also yet another mark of how totally Obama is dominating this campaign (which is different from, though not unrelated to, winning it).

http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0708/Clarity_of_message.html#comments

[patrice]

1. Nothing like reminding Americans of their greatest anxiety while provoking MORE anxiety. nt

[blondeatlast]

8. I think you've nailed the entire McSame strategy! nt

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

2. I think you have a typo. Did you mean McTaint? n/t

[Egnever]

3. lol Gross

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

5. Yes he is.

:evilgrin:

[JackORoses]

4. awww, poor McAnus, he can't even control one news cycle

[DevonRex]

10. OMG. McAnus. That name was staring me in the face all along

and I didn't see it. Brilliant nickname.

Edited to ask if I can use it.

[JackORoses]

11. I know, can you believe it? Someone just penned it today.

Please spread it to the four winds.

And so he shall be called...
McAnus!!!

[nc4bo]

15. I like it and will do my fair share to help spread it around too ;) nt

[DefenseLawyer]

6. Hey, being in the army is a job!

McCain has jobs for all of us!

[elehhhhna]

7. No mistake -- that IS his jobs program. Need a job? ENLIST!

[madura]

14. you bet that's what was meant. ugh!!!

[high density]

9. Ben Smith: dominating campaign != winning it

Well, that's certainly an interesting bout of logic there! Could you imagine if Obama's campaign were being owned in the way that the "Straight Talk Express" is being "dominated" by Obama? They'd tell him to give up now.

[NatBurner]

12. no wonder he recycled his czechoslovakia gaffe

figures

it's almost sad to watch the old guy try to keep up

[madura]

13. sounds about right to me - american jobs = enlist in the military. nt

[Overseas]

16. There's an extra echo -- Jobs For America -- in the war industry?

100 Year War Guy talks about Iraq with a Jobs for America banner behind him. John Sidney McCain III wants to be Warmonger in Chief.

[dsomuah]

17. It's not opportunism. He's running scared

Obama's speech was actually quite good and McCain knows it. McCain knows that if Obama continues to press the argument that the war in Iraq is hindering the war on terrorism, he is in trouble.

McCain is reacting to the Obama campaign instead of the other way around.