Incoherence

John McCain's contempt for Obama spilled over tonight. His first answer to the financial crisis - energy independence - has nothing to do with the financial crisis. His proposal for the government to buy up mortgages doesn't square with the anti-government Reaganism he was espousing for the other hour and 29 minutes of the debate. The way he projects his own flip-flopping onto Obama - accusing him of changing his tax policies seconds before radically changing his own - is bizarre. "Tide" is a laundry detergent, not an alternative energy. He simultaneously brags about being the most unpopular Senator and about being able to create consensus. He criticizes subsidized mandates for employer-funded health care in one breath and has full confidence all businesses would want to give their employees health care in the next. He talks about being able to do all things at once, despite an economic meltdown, when he couldn't even run his own campaign and work with Congress on the bailout at the same time. He criticizes any belligerent talk about Pakistan but jokes about bombing Iran.

John McCain proved tonight that his campaign and his governing philosophy are totally incoherent. I seriously challenge any political theorist to explain how McCain's proposals fit into any kind of consistent or workable framework, or how the kind of demeanor McCain projects would be suitable for President.