I suppose the McCain campaign's hope is that when there's a big crisis, people will go for age and experience. The question is, who in this crisis looked more presidential, calm and unflustered. It wasn't John McCain who, as usual, substituting vehemence for coherence, said "let's fire somebody." And he picked one of the most experienced and conservative people in the administration, Chris Cox. And for no apparent reason, or at least none he vouchsafed, he said fire Chris Cox at the SEC. It was unpresidential behavior by a presidential aspirant.
Other interesting comments on this panel include:
*Sam Donaldson - "His talking points have gotten all mixed up, and I think the question of age is back on the table."
*Donna Brazile - "John McCain is just unsure of his voice on the economy, he outsourced it so long to others...he doesn't get it....He called himself a champion of regulation when he's one of the people that allowed the cops to get off the beat in regulating these industries."
*Cokie Roberts - "The advisors, it is a really stark contrast; the Obama advisors, looking at Bob Rubin and Warren Buffett and Paul Volcker in there, you know you do feel a sense of security."
*George Will - "John McCain showed his personality this week and made some of us fearful."