That McCain/Palin have succeeded in moving their position in public impressions away from Bush is a mission accomplished--they had to do that both because of Bush's poor repute and because, possibly, they have some smattering of principles against such things as torture and spying on citizens.

However, they ddo not represent the current of change which they claim to deserve the mantle of, IMHO. They did not deliver more than a sketchy paucity of concepts or programmatic ideas.

Going up against the rich proposals of Obama by imitating his platform with an added dose of fear and fight is not exactly inspiring.


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