thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com - 8/7/2008
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After telling a caller to a teleconference that, yes, keeping tires well inflated is a good thing, Senator John McCain seemed to signal that the matter was being put to rest.
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Do we need to be nagged for our own good?
Betsy's Page —
... that it took over a decade for the people of Massachusetts to get fed up with Dukakis. But news cycles spin faster now and perceptions change more rapidly. Whatâs more, thereâs but a thin line separating an inspiring leader from a tiresome nag. See, if you don't think that people respond to incentives like high-priced gas, then you think that you need to join all the media people and the AAA and their mothers-in-law in telling them to inflate their tires properly. Meanwhile, the New York Times totally misses the point . They note that McCain agreed with Senator Obama that ...
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