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It looks like McCain's loss of momentum may be accelerated by a Keene Sentinel answer that is starting to get some play (h/t Rachel Maddow).
In the clip from last year, McCain knows less, significantly less, than our local reporters about the subprime crisis.
Deer in a headlights less. About three-quarters of the way through the clip Jim Rousmaniere asks if he was surprised at the subprime crisis. Yes, says, McCain, he was surprised at this. And he adds, he was surprised at the dot com crash.
Surprised at the dot com crash? You're kidding, right?
And then one of the editors, bless his heart, pitches in whether he was surprised "at the S & L's?" and Keating Five McCain says he was surprised about that too.
Asked if the subprime crisis is bigger than the S & L crisis, McCain backs off and says he relies on a lot of smart people in his employ, and "most of them did not anticipate this."
Watch it: http://www.nhelects.com/NHPrim...
The funny thing about this interview, of course, was at the time it was taken, we all hardly noticed it. McCain seemed down for the count.
But now a video of small town editors doing what the national press seems incapable of -- asking intelligent questions -- is about to stun the world. Look for it in a media outlet near you.
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