I’ve heard much made of McCain’s disconnected campaign. his campaign says one thing, while he says another.
People expect the candidate to keep his hands clean, to act Presidential. The VP candidate, for that reason, is the attack dog. (Palin has been doing a truly excellent job at this, by the way.)
However, McCain runs a lot of negative ads. There are two reasons for this, both legitimate:
First, Obama is undefined. He is new to the scene. People don’t know him. So, he needs to be vetted… and when he is, it is ALL very UGLY!
Second, the press is supposed to be doing this ugly attacking, but they refuse. Au contraire, they actually work to soften the damage of anything that IS exposed.
So, the McCain campaign is trying to do both jobs. Thus the seeming disconnection. It is very real. Two jobs. Disconnection.
