Even Fox News Admits McCain's Missteps (VIDEO)

There are some things that even Fox News has to admit, and apparently among those things is the fact that Barack Obama had a better week than John McCain.

After showing Obama's strong numbers in Gallup's tracking poll, Chris Wallace asked Mara Liasson whether the numbers were a consequence of the Democratic Party's traditional advantage on economic issues. Liasson said she thought much of Obama's surge was related to that advantage, but that McCain had also "flailed" and displayed "shoot from the hip" tendencies that had hurt his campaign.

Bill Kristol got into the act too, conceding that McCain had a bad week. But Kristol being Kristol, and this being Fox, he quickly got back on message, boldly proclaiming that this upcoming week would be a great one for McCain.

Kristol's rationale seems to be that McCain will come out against the Paulson bailout plan. At first glance this might seem to be a good political move: if nothing else, it would allow McCain to distance himself from Bush Administration policy.

Of course McCain's anti-bailout gambit wouldn't erase the fact that his support for the deregulation of the financial sector helped create the problem in the first place, and that he's bragged about his support for deregulation up until the crisis hit.

More importantly, McCain's gambit wouldn't deal with the fact that he hasn't put a single plan on the table that would help Main Street -- by proposing that we do nothing, he'd be adopting the pose of Herbert Hoover.

Comments

[LAThinker]

03:55 PM on 09/22/2008

McCain really lost it

http://www.ucubd.com/Index.aspx?id=736&cid=3147

[RobBob]

02:44 PM on 09/22/2008

Bill Kristol: "Maybe I'm wrong, but..."

Trust me Bill, you're wrong. You're *always* wrong.

[joshuahmcdonald]

02:18 PM on 09/22/2008

In addition to the shared urgency of purpose in electing Barack Obama as President we must elect a 60-40 Democratic Senate majority.

As our financial institutions crumble around us, the Bush Administration, managed by the most extreme adherents of Market Fundamentalism since Hoover, has proposed a bailout amounting to nearly $1 Trillion in institutionalized Socialism. Having destroyed the foundation of our economy this Administration is now intent on billing the American taxpayer.

The irony is that over the last 2 Senate sessions the minority Republicans have set records in the number of partisan filibusters blocking much needed legislation...including financial regulation which may have mitigated our current economic crisis. Over 130 filibusters in 2 years!

A 60-40 majority in the Senate allows the Democrats to legally quash obstructionist filibusters and get our representatives back to work solving the extremely serious problems currently facing our nation.

I urge you to add your voice and your financial contributions to the following Senate campaigns where strong Democrats are facing vulnerable Republicans:
- Alaska: Mark Begich (http://www.begich.com)
- Colorado: Mark Udall (http://www.markudall.com)
- Idaho: Larry LaRocco (http://www.laroccoforsenate.com)
- Louisiana: Mary Landrieu (http://www.marylandrieu.com)
- Minnesota: Al Franken (http://www.alfranken.com)
- Mississippi: Ronnie Musgrove (http://musgroveforsenate.net)
- Nebraska: Scott Kleeb (http://www.scottkleeb.com)
- New Hampshire: Jeanne Shaheen (http://www.jeanneshaheen.org)
- New Mexico: Tom Udall (http://www.tomudall.com)
- North Carolina: Kay Hagan (http://www.kayhagan.com)
- Oregon: Jeff Merkley (http://www.jeffmerkley.com)

[redsongia]

01:31 PM on 09/22/2008

Oh, Bill Kristol, are you ever right?

Why would McCain oppose the bail out when it is so good for corporate america?

[redsongia]

01:29 PM on 09/22/2008

Since when do Democrats have the traditional advantage on economic issues?

And for the record, I don't think Obama is being too cautious by failing to comment on a bailout plan that doesn't exist yet.

[MarciL]

08:31 PM on 09/22/2008

Democrats are better for the economy than Republicans:

http://www.slate.com/id/2199810/

[JJ30]

01:07 PM on 09/22/2008

Actually Kristol's prediction came to light.
http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/09/22/campaign.wrap/index.html

He's now uncomfortable with the plan. He's not fooling me....He would ahev done the exact same thing as Bush.

[MissDaphne]

10:30 AM on 09/22/2008

I never thought I would see the day...
aitch eee double hockey sticks has just frozen over.

[Roschelle]

10:09 AM on 09/22/2008

Just this month...well in the Sept/Oct edition of Contingencies magazine McCain expresses the same sentiment concerning deregulation...calling for a market-based healthcare system

http://roschellenelson.blogspot.com/2008/09/mccain-and-his-market-based-healthcare.html

[Msohio]

09:52 AM on 09/22/2008

I knew that Clinton's name would be thrown out next. That will become the rallying call for these right wing extremists. FOX has an opportunity to somewhat legitimize itself. They should try to have a truly fair dialogue with their viewers. This country has so many problems that the truth must be told by everyone, once and for all.

[SingingWaiter]

09:48 AM on 09/22/2008

The Democrats have a "traditional advantage" on economic issues? Who knew? Wow, FOX really is informative.

[Downing]

09:42 AM on 09/22/2008

Michael the Savage Weiner on his radio show Friday was blaming the Wall Street mess on Clinton.
How far can you stretch the truth? Pretty damned far if your listeners only listen to one side of a debate.
In my town we have Fix News, a local Fix station, Fix radio and two other non-stop talk stations spouting that liberals are going to kill your family and rob you. Why isn't McCain 20 points ahead? Even the uninformed are starting to go "Hey, wait a minute."

[Tobiasism]

09:25 AM on 09/22/2008

Even FOAUX has to recalibrate with an eye to the future.

[Bec01]

08:58 AM on 09/22/2008

I think Fox is kissing up to the Democrats because they know we are likely to have a dem as president...lol

[WeMustChange]

08:56 AM on 09/22/2008

I am a taxpayer and I think this should be placed to a national vote at the polls this November and when we all vote the Repbublicans out of office we can vote "NO" to this bailout as well. Why should we hold the burden of bailing out a company and CEO's that's made millions off of ripping people off and now we have to pay them to stay afloat. This is not right and someone needs to go to jail. What are the reasons for the rush all of a sudden? Something doesn't sit right with this and someone should be held accountable.

I say "NO" to any bailout except bailing out those who owe students loans and those who have been foreclosed on and have bad mortgages. The hell with Wall Street and the rich cronies of BUSH!

It's time for change in this country as in "We Must Change"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EM58nqX1ehE

[Samshade77]

07:52 AM on 09/22/2008

Why do we still have to listen to billy kristol. He does not even know what he is talking about.