A year ago, John McCain was the front runner for the Republican nomination. Today, he is # 3 but going up.
Why is McCain making a comeback? The answer is leadership and candor. McCain will tell you where he stands and doesn't play polls like the Clintons.
On Iraq, McCain understands the big picture:
"The next U.S. president must be ready to lead, ready to show America and the world that this country's best days are yet to come, and ready to establish an enduring peace based on freedom that can safeguard American security for the rest of the twenty-first century. I am ready." (An Enduring Peace Built on Freedom By John McCain)
Yes, he is ready to lead and leadership matters at a time like this. This is no time for a poll reader such as Hillary Clinton:
"When the Iraq war was going well and was popular, Clinton was proud of her vote, saying in late 2003, "I believe that was the right vote."
On Iraq, McCain understands the big picture:
"The next U.S. president must be ready to lead, ready to show America and the world that this country's best days are yet to come, and ready to establish an enduring peace based on freedom that can safeguard American security for the rest of the twenty-first century. I am ready." (An Enduring Peace Built on Freedom By John McCain)
Yes, he is ready to lead and leadership matters at a time like this. This is no time for a poll reader such as Hillary Clinton:
"When the Iraq war was going well and was popular, Clinton was proud of her vote, saying in late 2003, "I believe that was the right vote."
She went on Larry King Live in 2004 and defended the war, saying, "I don't regret giving the president authority."
In 2005 she redoubled her commitment: "There can be no doubt that it is not in America's interests for the Iraqi government, the experiment in freedom and democracy, to fail."
In 2005 she redoubled her commitment: "There can be no doubt that it is not in America's interests for the Iraqi government, the experiment in freedom and democracy, to fail."
That same year she even opposed a deadline for troop withdrawal because "that would be like a green light to the terrorists, and we can't afford to do that."
But when things in Iraq went poorly, and public support began to wane, Clinton changed her views and tried to cover up her previous rationale rather than admit she was wrong.
The real problem here, of course, is that as a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, she was relying on the same faulty intelligence as Bush was.
Now Clinton says Bush needs to "extricate our country from this before he leaves office" in January 2009.
But during a recent Democratic debate, she couldn't even guarantee that she would do so by 2013." (No middle ground in war)
Question: Who are you going to believe? The answer is John McCain because he has been consistent regardless of polls.
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