It's John McSame!

(Via Talking Points Memo)

McCain was asked if he believes we're in a recession, and here's the crux of his answer:

"If we're technically in a recession or not, I would imagine that we are, but the major thing is, Americans are hurting, and Americans don't like it and they think the country's in the wrong direction."

What you have here is McCain's political problem in a nutshell. If he acknowledges that the country's in a recession, then he has to explain why he's basically offering a continuation of Bush's economic policies. If he doesn't, he looks out of touch with Americans' economic pain. Here he tries to split the difference.

On this score, my favorite quote from this interview might be this one: "Eighty-some percent of the American people think the country's on the wrong track. Approval ratings of Congress, I saw one poll 12 percent, the lowest in 40 years they've been taking these polls."

No mention of Bush's approval numbers. Only those of the Dem Congress. Good one!

John is acting like he's got solutions to the problems that were created by the solutions to problems that didn't exist were created by the solutions he wants to continue applying. The man is insane.

If he can imagine that we might be in a recession, maybe he can imagine that he's very out of touch with reality.