A very insightful few paragraphs encapsulate today's thought about Republican endorsements for Obama. This from OTB:
That said, I’m reminded of a line Jeff Medcalf posted on Dave Schuler’s Other Blog recently: “[M]any of the people voting for Obama seem to be doing so on the hope that he doesn’t mean what he says, and most of the people voting for McCain are doing so on the fear that Obama means exactly what he says.”
Adelman closes his email to Packer:
I sure hope Obama is more open, centrist, sensible—dare I say, Clintonesque—than his liberal record indicates, than his cooperation with Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid portends. If not, I will be even more startled by my vote than I am now.
It strikes me as odd, indeed, to vote for a presidential candidate who disagrees with you on the most fundamental issues in the vague hope that he’s been lying to you throughout the entire campaign.
If Obama takes the cake, I'm going to listen to guys like Adelman very closely. As an aside, I think that whomever gets the White House will be a one term guy. They will be presiding over some very ugly stuff. I say so because I don't think either one of them is on top of the economy, and they don't really have any incentives to do anything but play blame games. See Zingales.
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