Crooks and Liars:
In the discussion of John McCain’s “surprise” win in New Hampshire (don’t let that polling that showed him ahead all the way up to the primary sway you) to rise from the dead of pundit-declared lost candidacies, Bill Kristol has just one factor that won it all for McCain: The surge.
In the discussion of John McCain’s “surprise” win in New Hampshire (don’t let that polling that showed him ahead all the way up to the primary sway you) to rise from the dead of pundit-declared lost candidacies, Bill Kristol has just one factor that won it all for McCain: The surge.
KRISTOL: McCain advocated the surge, defended the surge. It was unpopular; people thought…two-thirds of his own campaign wanted him to abandon his position on Iraq. He stuck with it. He showed guts, he showed intelligence. The surge is now working, very, very well. And McCain, Republicans, like it.
LIASSON: And he held two town meetings. He worked his butt off.
KRISTOL: He worked his butt off too, but I don’t think…that wouldn’t have mattered, he could have had town meeting after town meeting. And if many voters had thought that perhaps it was a mistake to go into Iraq, we didn’t change strategy effectively, it would have been disastrous for McCain. So he was identified with the surge, he is the most credible Commander-in-Chief. That’s what worked for him in New Hampshire.
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