William Kristol has a great op ed in today's New York Times that takes an unblinking look at the state of the race and what John McCain must do to get back in the race and eventually prevail.Starting with the premise that McCain is behind with the momentum on Obama's side, Kristol suggests that McCain should "break the mold" and, even though the GOP is the party in power during this financial crisis and conventional wisdom says that McCain should minimize or ignore the crisis for that reason, take a bold stand on the crisis and make it the central part of his campaign:We face a real financial crisis. Usually the candidate of the incumbent's party minimizes the severity of the nation's problems. McCain should break the mold and acknowledge, even emphasize the crisis. He can explain that dealing with it requires candor and leadership of the sort he's shown in his career. McCain can tell voters we're almost certainly in a recession, and things will likely get worse before they...(Read Full Post)