While there's still much focus on the narrative that John McCain's campaign lacks focus and discipline, there are some early favorable reviews and further signs that his message is getting back on track. Bill Kristol will surely add to the McCain discussion today with his column breaking the news that revered strategist Mike Murphy will be officially taking over strategy for McCain's campaign. Townhall.com's Matt Lewis has a smart take on the move, saying:
McCain needs advisers who think outside the Bush world paradigm, and Murphy fits the bill. In a best-case scenario, Murphy's presence might rekindle some of the 2000 magic, and allow McCain to be McCain. But I also have to think that in a worst-case scenario, McCain has to believe that if he has to go down, he should at least have the peace of mind in knowing that he went down doing things his way.
We may be using a fairly low bar here, but consider McCain's event today in Denver on the economy. While some are questioning whether McCain can hit the right empathetic notes on the economy, he's made a very smart geographic landing point to relaunch his campaign. Denver is full of upwardly mobile voters like Hispanics and tech savvy younger voters. McCain's environmental platform also could find a receptive audience here. And, of course, he's making the appearance on the same day that the Obama campaign announced their candidate will be making his convention acceptance speech at Denver's Invesco Field in front of an estimated 75,000 supporters.
At the very least, McCain is making appearances in the country he running to lead, and in states that are highly contested like Ohio, Pennsylvania, Colorado and Wisconsin. That's a big improvement over his economic news making trips of the past few weeks in Canada and Columbia.
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