Posted by Jed Lewison on Mon Jul 21, 2008 at 7:33 AM Pacific

Rough stuff

Chuck Todd, et al:

You know you had a problematic weekend when: 1) one of your top economic advisers/surrogates finally steps down from the campaign after his “nation of whiners” remark; 2) you get panned for breaking CODEL protocol/etiquette by announcing (incorrectly) at a fundraiser that your opponent is headed to Iraq on Friday or Saturday; 3) the prime minister of Iraq tells a German magazine that he backs your opponent's plan for withdrawing troops from that country; and 4) when the Iraqi government tries to walk back that support, it does so unconvincingly.

It's hard to believe that less than 72 hours ago, Phil Gramm hadn't yet resigned. Maybe McCain is wishing he'd saved that shoe to drop for today.

Rough stuff

Chuck Todd, et al:

You know you had a problematic weekend when: 1) one of your top economic advisers/surrogates finally steps down from the campaign after his “nation of whiners” remark; 2) you get panned for breaking CODEL protocol/etiquette by announcing (incorrectly) at a fundraiser that your opponent is headed to Iraq on Friday or Saturday; 3) the prime minister of Iraq tells a German magazine that he backs your opponent's plan for withdrawing troops from that country; and 4) when the Iraqi government tries to walk back that support, it does so unconvincingly.

It's hard to believe that less than 72 hours ago, Phil Gramm hadn't yet resigned. Maybe McCain is wishing he'd saved that shoe to drop for today.

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