Posted by David Bernstein:
The McCain Attacks on Obama:
http://volokh.com/archives/archive_2008_10_05-2008_10_11.shtml#1223607753
The McCain campaign is unleashing attacks on Obama's judgment and
trustworthiness, in particular by highlighting his ties to Bill Ayers.
At first, voters aren't go to pay attention to this, because it seems
like a silly distraction when we have an economic crisis on hand. On
second thought... well, there's a comment on Ann Althouse's blog that
reflects my thinking:
So the theory is "nobody cares about scurrilous charges against
Obama" because they're too busy looking at their 401k's fall
through the floor.
I don't know if I buy it. The voters want someone who they can
trust to manage getting us out of this mess. That's a character
question. Neither McCain nor Obama are financial market experts. It
comes down to whose judgment do you trust more.
However, I'm not sure the answer isn't still "Obama," despite his
fibbing about Ayers. Because I'm not so sure the erratic, impulsive
and vindictive McCain wouldn't be worse.
Unfortunately, neither candidate strikes me as the obvious "steady
hand in an economic crisis" candidate. Is it too late too start a
write-in campaign for Warren Buffett?
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