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Author: Charles Krauthammer, Washington Post Cited by: David Price 4:37 PM 6 October 2008 GMT Citerank: (4) 6786Sarah Palin is not qualified to be PresidentSarah Palin is not qualified to be President.1198CE71, 6977McCain's temperament is questionableJohn McCain's decisions often seem erratic; as if he inclined to be too quick to make decisions from the gut rather than waiting to analyse the issues in full detail.13EF597B, 6980Obama has a first class intellectBarack Obama has a first class intellect — he is a man of supple intelligence, with a nuanced grasp of complex issues.1198CE71, 7006Obama has demonstrated a solid temperamentObama's performance during the election campaign has demonstrated a cool and collected temperament befitting of a President.1198CE71 URL: | Excerpt / Summary -dyn/content/article/2008/10/02/AR2008100203043.html
"Hail Mary vs. Cool Barry, By Charles Krauthammer, Friday, October 3, 2008; A23
Krauthammer's Hail Mary Rule: You get only two per game. John McCain, unfortunately, has already thrown three. The first was his bet on the surge, a deep pass to David Petraeus who miraculously ran it all the way into the end zone.
Then, seeking a game-changer after the Democratic convention, McCain threw blind into the end zone to a waiting Sarah Palin. She caught the ball. Her subsequent fumbles have taken the sheen off of that play, but she nonetheless invaluably solidifies his Republican base.
When the financial crisis hit, McCain went razzle-dazzle again, suspending his campaign and declaring that he'd stay away from the first presidential debate until the financial crisis was solved.
He tempted fate one time too many. After climbing up on his high horse, McCain had to climb down. The crisis unresolved, he showed up at the debate regardless, rather abjectly conceding Obama's mocking retort that presidential candidates should be able to do "more than one thing at once." (Although McCain might have pointed out that while he was trying to do two things, Obama was sitting on the sidelines doing one thing only: campaigning.)
You can't blame McCain. In an election in which all the fundamentals are working for the opposition, he feels he has to keep throwing long in order to keep hope alive. Nonetheless, his frenetic improvisation has perversely (for him) framed the rookie challenger favorably as calm, steady and cool." |
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