Posted by Jed Lewison on Thu Oct 9, 2008 at 1:35 PM Pacific

Conservative Revolt Against McCain

The fact that John McCain has totally lost George Will is nothing new, but now he's even lost the National Review. In a truly spectacular editorial, NR actually praises legislation by Barney Frank and Chris Dodd as superior to McCain's new mortgage proposal:

We never thought we would defend the Frank-Dodd legislation, which we bitterly opposed last summer. But it looks downright prudent compared to what McCain has proposed.

Basically, for all the paranoids, racists, and angry people McCain may win over with his character attacks on Obama, he's losing at least as many sensible conservatives who realize that McCain is totally nuts when it comes to the economy.

Conservative Revolt Against McCain

The fact that John McCain has totally lost George Will is nothing new, but now he's even lost the National Review. In a truly spectacular editorial, NR actually praises legislation by Barney Frank and Chris Dodd as superior to McCain's new mortgage proposal:

We never thought we would defend the Frank-Dodd legislation, which we bitterly opposed last summer. But it looks downright prudent compared to what McCain has proposed.

Basically, for all the paranoids, racists, and angry people McCain may win over with his character attacks on Obama, he's losing at least as many sensible conservatives who realize that McCain is totally nuts when it comes to the economy.

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