Flurries of Worries

The world is too much with us, late and soon. Or something like that. There are weeks when too many thoughts crowd into one's head, and it's just impossible to pick one topic and organize it. The only solution is to throw the thoughts onto cyber-paper, one by one, and forget about organization, much less eloquence. To wit: Worries about the McCain campaign are becoming more prevalent. There just seems no overarching strategy, no rhyme or reason, but merely tactical maneuvers. To its credit, the campaign seems pretty good at tactics -- better, indeed, than the Bush campaigns of 2000 and 2004. But the Bush campaigns excelled at some of the long-term planning and narrative-setting skills that the McCainiacs seem rather deficient in. Particularly worrisome is that the McCainiacs seem not to appreciate, or show any desire to make... [read full story]