Senator John McCain must have some political death wish. That is, a clear desire to fight the election for President and lose. I can see nothing else that explains his behavior.


On the issue of immigration, John McCain prefers to fight his own political party and the wishes of 70% of the American people by continuing to support open borders, being evasive about amnesty and appointing Reconquista Mexicans to his staff.



On free trade, after saying he knows little about economics, he goes to Michigan and touts the virtues of free trade to disbelieving auto workers. He could easily win Ohio, Pennsylvania and Michigan by being clearly against free trade, promising a new look at NAFTA, etc.. Instead he commits political suicide.



On the bailout, McCain was one of the Senators that was clearly aware of the dangers of the mortgage meltdown long before it happened. He cautioned against Fannie and Fredie. His record is clear on this issue.



Also, in one of the lowest recorded polls ever, only 7% of the American people favored bailing out Wall Street. His Republicans defeated the President's and Democrat's plan. Yet McCain now waffles on the bailout.



The Republicans have put forth eight years of one of the most inept Presidents in history. He has angered the American people on immigration, free trade and the continuation of the war. The bailout plan is not supported.



Obama should be walking away in a landslide. But he is not. Why? Because Obama is a very slippery character. Too smooth to be trusted. His ties to anti-White clerics has not endeared him to middle-America and his condescending remarks about clinging to guns has many furious. Obama is an overwhelmingly weak candidate. Obama is not winning. McCain is losing. Losing deliberately, or unconsiously.



Dick Morris writes, "McCain Should Not Support Bailout.

"During Friday's debate, John McCain assiduously and inexplicably avoided using the issue that might have won him the debate and the presidency: opposition to a taxpayer-funded bailout of the financial crisis."



Rather than crowing that the Bailout failed in the House, McCain acts as if Obama caused the failure. Here are the comments on Fox's website. "Obama expresses hope that financial rescue is still on the way while McCain cites 'unnecessary partisanship."



McCain's life has been a fight against authority, and all representations of authority, high school teachers, the Navy Academy, the Navy brass, the Republican Party. Bi-partisanship for McCain means agreeing with the opposition. It seems that McCain can never be partisan, that is agreeing with his side, his own party.



The only reason that seems possible for McCain's "inexplicably" avoiding the issue and not using it to his advantage is that at some level, McCain does not want to be President. Or perhaps, it is more important for him to fight his friends (the American public and the Republican Party) than it is to agree with them and win.

Paul Streitz

Director, CT Citizens for Immigration Control

http://www.ctimmigration.com/

amfirst@optonline.net


I don't think he should have been picked for the republican nominee anyway.