It's understandable that many politicians depend on a teleprompter but c'mon, shouldn't a presidential candidate know at least something about the problem? Is it asking too much for Mr. Straight Talk to actually give straight talk? Telling us we have a problem is obvious to anyone in the country, so we're going to need more than stumbling through a Phil Gramm prepared speech. It's bad enough that on McCain's big issue - the unpopular war in Iraq - he never managed to keep a watch on taxpayer spending but the economy will be so much more critical and McCain has no idea. Maybe it's because of his connection to the Keating 5 scandal/S&L bailout but considering the importance of the credit crisis, he's shockingly out of touch. If anyone ought to remember those problems which were ALSO tied to lack of regulation, it ought to be McCain. But no, he just parrots the "let industry self regulate" rubbish until you want to scream.
Come November, Iraq is going to be important but way down on the list of important topics for America and McCain has nothing to offer on the key topic that will be on the minds of voters. What about the economy? What exactly does McCain have to offer? I'm not seeing much of anything.
