By Bal(t)imoron, 5 days ago

Wait for September

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Gravatar #3. Brendan
2 days ago

September is also the last month when candidates can deploy the October surprise for max effect.

Heh. But I disagree, especially in these Feiler Faster days.

Gravatar #2. Bal(t)imoron
5 days ago

@Brendan:

On the election point, as Ross Douthat argued, the MSM will be somewhere between character and wonkery. If McCain and Obama take a slant towards full disclosure, there will still be some silliness. September is also the last month when candidates can deploy the October surprise for max effect. There is also the campaign finance issue.

On the comments policy issue, I've had a bout of comments spam lately. If anyone can suggest some good plugins for that, please respond..

Gravatar #1. Brendan
5 days ago

The only question is whether the Democratic and Republican nominees ...

There's another, and much larger question: Will the MSM cover these policy differences, or will it be all obsessing over slip-ups while speaking extemporaneously, which aide said what, how much of a war hero John McCain is, how much of a straight talker John McCain is, how much of a maverick John McCain is, how much Jeremiah Wirght «may be» hurting Obama, how ...

You get the picture.

And what's with this registration-required hooey? Don't you want comments?