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talkingpointsmemo.com — Will the McCain as trigger-happy hothead work? I suggest a different calculus. Is it true? I would suggest that it definitely is, both in personal temperament and policy prescriptions. And I believe that is the better metric, both practically speaking and morally. Morally, the case is pretty straightforward. McCain really is a hothead. Everyone seems to agree that's true on an interpersonal ...

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Excitable John
The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan — If you like my blogging style, you'll love a McCain presidency.

One Hell Of A Gamble
-THE CUNNING REALIST- — Josh Marshall: I've watched the Bush presidency very closely. I've watched McCain closely for the last decade or so. And I either know or know a decent amount about a lot of the people advising him on foreign policy. And in terms of the ...

Reckless Hothead
Jules Crittenden — ... . TPM’s Marshall asks “Is It True?” Soberly intones only Obama can keep his wife and two sons safe: McCain is more trigger happy than Bush . Never mind that it is not actually based on any fact, simply an effort to exalt the virtues of dithering, handwringing, talking, and doing nothing. It’s a thinly guised tripwire vet slur.  It was only a matter of time. I told you so. ...

Why does Randy Scheunemann matter?
Newshoggers.com — ... It has been noted by some on both the left and the "old right" that McCain foreign policy would be like Cheney foreign policy on steroids.  I think Josh Marshall put it pretty well the other day. ...

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