Meeting McCain
Fraser Nelson 8:29pm
John McCain is doing Europe tomorrow: Brown for breakfast, Cameron for afters and Sarkozy in Paris in the afternoon. It's significant that he's setting aside as much time for Cameron as Brown. In Bournmouth 06, Cameron hailed McCain as the next president of America - not a claim he (or anyone) would have repeated in Blackpool last October. But Cameron was right first time, and his initial bet has paid dividends. Normally, American presidential candidates resist being photographed with Opposition leaders, but I understand McCain is happy to pose with DC. Let's see if footage of them together makes the news tomorrow.
UPDATE: McCain arrived a little early (I wonder why…) and I bumped into them both as I came into the Commons. While the cameras are focused (and there was no audio), Cameron had to do that hand-waving thing. McCain knew the game and nodded dutifully. CentreRight has the pics which show the visibly more relaxed tone to the meeting with Cameron (and five of his closest friends).
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Fergus Pickering
March 20th, 2008 8:29am Report this commentCan anyone give the betting odds on McCain now? It would be nice if the Leader of the Free World were to be an intelligent person you could actually believe when he opened his mouth. Do either of the other candidates fit the bill?
Austin Barry
March 20th, 2008 9:03am Report this commentMcCain looks and sounds presidential. Obama seems more wraith-like and inconsequential with each day that passes. As for Ms. Clinton, well she's just a harridan in a pantsuit who really should devote her time to looking after Bill who has gone from rampant Priapus to alarmingly florid, cardiac-arrest-dodging, grumpy geezer and clearly requires long-term care and assisted living.
Augustus
March 20th, 2008 4:53pm Report this comment'McCain looks and sounds presidential'... sure. He also looks a bit like Charles Chaplin (whom I admired). It would be nice to get the odd (intelligent) little joke from the rostrum, a la Reagan one-liners, occasionally.
Austin Barry
March 20th, 2008 7:23pm Report this commentAugustus, I thought McCain's "Bomb, Bomb, Bomb, Bomb Iran" parody of the Beach Boys was subtle, sophisticated and as a statement of policy immensely reassuring. It reminds me of Ron Reagan's Let's Bomb Russia radio jest from the 1980s. Many a true word etc.
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