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I'm trying to police myself when it comes to John McCain by questioning my own impressions of the man, because it really seems to me he's badly out-of-touch and offering nothing new. When McCain won the Republican nomination I was delighted - he was IMO by far the best of an exceptionally poor Republican field and McCain's nomination guaranteed a better President than Bush. I could not have said that if Giuliani won the ticket. But ever since the election has started in earnest, I've been struck by McCain's lack of charisma, dearth of any new ideas, and willingness to fall back on some of the lamest criticisms of his opponent.
It's possible I'm letting my support for Obama color my impression of the Republican nominee but I'm not so sure. Really, I think I'd been sort of liking "maverick" McCain in the abstract, not so much in close up. Overall I think the guy is just not ready for prime time. Obama is going to destroy this guy in a debate setting and it won't be pretty.
