Posted by Jed Lewison on Thu Jul 10, 2008 at 6:29 PM Pacific

Will McCain's doubletalk hurt him with conservatives?

Yesterday, conservative economic commentator Larry Kudlow crowed that McCain had scrapped his plans to pursue a cap-and-trade policy to reduce carbon emissions. By the afternoon, the McCain campaign had denied Kudlow's report. Kudlow, in turn, today ruminates on the McCain campaign's response. He stops short of calling them liars, but accuses them of "a certain degree of cognitive dissonance on this subject."

You get the sense from his piece that he wants to seem like he's defending McCain, but that just under the surface, there's a real frustration -- and the potential for anger.

Will McCain's doubletalk hurt him with conservatives?

Yesterday, conservative economic commentator Larry Kudlow crowed that McCain had scrapped his plans to pursue a cap-and-trade policy to reduce carbon emissions. By the afternoon, the McCain campaign had denied Kudlow's report. Kudlow, in turn, today ruminates on the McCain campaign's response. He stops short of calling them liars, but accuses them of "a certain degree of cognitive dissonance on this subject."

You get the sense from his piece that he wants to seem like he's defending McCain, but that just under the surface, there's a real frustration -- and the potential for anger.

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