Hot Head

By Ron Beasley

Did George Will just say John McCain is too hot headed to be President? 

Under the pressure of the financial crisis, one presidential candidate is behaving like a flustered rookie playing in a league too high. It is not Barack Obama.

He goes on to talk about McCain's shoot from the hip reaction last week and then concludes with this:

Conservatives who insist that electing McCain is crucial usually start, and increasingly end, by saying he would make excellent judicial selections. But the more one sees of his impulsive, intensely personal reactions to people and events, the less confidence one has that he would select judges by calm reflection and clear principles, having neither patience nor aptitude for either.

It is arguable that, because of his inexperience, Obama is not ready for the presidency. It is arguable that McCain, because of his boiling moralism and bottomless reservoir of certitudes, is not suited to the presidency. Unreadiness can be corrected, although perhaps at great cost, by experience. Can a dismaying temperament be fixed?

That certainly sounds like an un-endorsement of John McCain to me.  McCain has made his temperament an issue.

Comments

[Russ Wellen]

I think conservatives are turning on McCain because they've decided they can't trust him with the economy. Though he might deny the rich some tax breaks, Obama and his steady hand are starting to look good to them in the long run.