[brownsfan]

I’m in Ohio, and I am a Corvette hobbyist.

In my neck of the woods, people are quite uneasy about the economy. The housing/mortgage crisis happened on GWB’s watch, in case you didn’t notice. The consumer economy here is very slow.

I contact lots of people from all over in the Corvette hobby, via online forums. Used Corvette sales are in the dumper. VERY slow. Energy costs are only part of it. I hear it over and over again, the economy is bad.

Imagine you’re running for president. Do you:

A: Tell people they don’t know what they’re talking about, the economy is fine. Elect me and I’ll keep things how they are!

B: Empathize, throw the current administration under the bus, (since they’re done anyway), and try to get elected?

[rightinthemiddle]

How about pointing out how bad the economy is, and how much inflation has risen, and how high gasoline is, and how much the stock market has dropped, since the Democrats took over Congress?

The numbers do not lie. McCain could take advantage of it.

[SoConPubbie]

Imagine you’re running for president. Do you:

A: Tell people they don’t know what they’re talking about, the economy is fine. Elect me and I’ll keep things how they are!

B: Empathize, throw the current administration under the bus, (since they’re done anyway), and try to get elected?

How about:

C: Quit telling people what they want to hear, quit running to the left and mouthing off how what a good populist you are and have some principles and talk about what IS working and provide conservative/libertarian solutions (re: small government) to the pressing problems of the day.

[Notary Sojac]

Two other posters already beat me to it:

C: Explain what's -really- wrong with the economy and how populist rhetoric is the problem, not the solution.

Mr. Keating Five-CFR is not gonna be the one to convincingly make that case, though!