McCain’s “Goodbye To All That”

Ross and Mickey don’t approve this message:

I do. It’s an encouraging sign that McCain is not going to pull a Rove this fall; it’s a deft way of dealing with racial difference – check out the number of African-Americans in the ad – and it co-opts the "Goodbye To All That" appeal of Obama. A bit syrupy – and McCain doesn’t always live up to its message. But it suggests to me that McCain has figured out the public mood. And sees himself as a unifying father-figure. That’s shrewd and encouraging.