Wednesday, January 30, 2008

JOHN MCCAIN, MITT ROMNEY

How Rarely I Get To Write This: Romney Takes McCain To School

When Romney takes his shots at McCain, it's both strong and fair - he acknowledges that McCain has some areas in which he's a conservative, but he takes several fair shots - McCain Feingold; voting against the Bush tax cuts twice (McCain noted earlier that he had voted to make them permanent). I like that Romney says that the original version of the McCain-Kennedy immigration legislation wasn't so bad, and that it got worse as it moved through the process. It shows familiarity with the legislative details.

McCain: "I was endorsed by both your hometown papers, including the very conservative Boston Herald. And they're the ones who know you best."

That seemed a little harsh, for a guy who may need Romney's voters soon. McCain chuckles at his own jokes a bit too much.

McCain goes after Romney on job creation in Massachusetts.

"Let me help you with the facts, Senator." Wow. Romney nails him for pointing out the study McCain is referring to in his answer about job creation and loss includes his predecessor, Jane Swift, who lost many jobs on her watch.

Where the heck has this Romney been? He just calmly and clearly took McCain to school.

01/30 08:17 PMShare