Mike Murphy at Time brings up a point GOP operatives are making about McCain's recent Des Moines Register editorial board sideshow (clip below) a point I thought immediately when I heard McCain would be doing an economic round-table in Des Moines-- why the hell is McCain in Iowa right now?There is almost one month left in this campaign. Why is John McCain in a state he has no chance of winning?
Argue that point all you wish, but for a man with diminishing days to make his case, it makes no sense to be traipsing around a Midwestern state that never liked you and never will.
The McCain's folks have no overarching political strategy. As Ana Marie Cox mentioned on Rachel Maddow last night, the McCain people don't play chess, they play checkers. It's all small bore. They want to win the news cycle. That's it. And maybe stoke the base. After that, it's Hail Marys for everyone and nothing more. Insanity.
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