If you insist on using buzzwords, at least pick ones with some bearing on reality.
"Unfortunately, this is what Sen. McCain's inside Washington ways look like: He cut a backroom deal with the tax-and-spend candidate he thought could best stop Gov. Romney's campaign of conservative change."
"Spend"? Not so much.
"Conservative change." Whether that makes sense is an exercise for the reader.
Posted by Matt Bruce at February 5, 2008 02:31 PMWell, the sentence doesn't make sense if you take "tax-and-spend candidate" to refer to McCain; it probably is supposed to refer to a third candidate, who I guess by process of elimination is Huckabee?
Posted by: Paul at February 6, 2008 11:16 AMPaul,
I had the same thought, though I eventually concluded that he is implying McCain is a tax-and-spender himself; why else would McCain support a tax-and-spender over Romney?
Posted by: Kubi at February 7, 2008 04:21 AMIt's definitely about Huckabee. It refers to the West Virginia convention, where McCain came in third on the first ballot and instructed his supporters to throw their votes to Huckabee to deny Romney the win. They did so, and Huckabee won.
Posted by: M.S. at February 7, 2008 06:27 AM"Conservative change" reminds me of Lamar Alexander's "fresh, conservative ideas", my favorite slogan from the TV ads for the 1996 New Hampshire primary. This from a former president of an ACF-national-champion university.
Posted by: west coast dork at February 8, 2008 09:29 PM