John McCain has struggled for a long while to explain the ways in which he’s different from George W. Bush. He wasn’t asked the question much during the Republican primaries, but in recent months, it’s been an awkward subject for him.<\/p>\n
For a while, McCain would tell anyone who asked about the differences that he disagrees with Bush on pork-barrel spending. Then he’d argue that McCain takes global warming more seriously than Bush does.<\/p>\n
Now, he’s decided to hardly answer the question at all, telling the Politico<\/a>, “I don’t have any need to show that I’m different than President Bush.”<\/p>\n Actually, in an environment in which voters are desperate for some kind of change in how the government operates, McCain absolutely<\/i> needs to show how he’s different from Bush. If he’s not going to try, I’m delighted to hear it.<\/p>\n Yglesias provides some helpful context<\/a>:<\/p>\n [S]ure <\/p>\n , McCain isn’t under any moral obligation to demonstrate difference from President Bush. But if he intends to pursue substantially the same policies as President Bush <\/p>\n buy-kamagra-oral-jellies.com<\/a><\/p>\n , then he has no right to react angrily when his political opponents say he’ll pursue substantially the same policies as President Bush. But he does<\/i> react angrily. But if he’s going to be indignant about the idea that he’ll pursue Bush-like policies <\/p>\n , then he should be able to name some policy areas in which he intends to pursue substantially different policies.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Quite right. The McCain campaign gets surprisingly testy when Dems describe him as “Bush’s third term.” At the same time <\/p>\n , McCain concedes the he doesn’t “have any need to show that I’m different than President Bush.”<\/p>\n