charlabob
the bob and i were talking about the alleged Obama “flip flop” on campaign financing. (Full disclosure: I’ve always thought the current implementation of federal campaign finance reform is a farce–and that Feingold, whom I love, was snookered into something that appeared “googoo” when it was simply a ploy to disenfranchise unions.)
Bottom line: Obama should not have checked yes when he, clearly, meant no. In other words, he checked “yes, but”, when he knew the Repugs would not live up to the deal. Many of us who live in a world of nuance run into this daily–we expect someone to listen to the “but” clause: They won’t.
This issue won’t have legs — McCain doesn’t have a fin to flop on in any flip-flop derby; no one can compete with a guy who flips and flops in the same paragraph.