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One of the problems with [McCain's] campaign right now is that it is very schizophrenic when it comes to the economy. ... On one side, ... the fact that American people are very anxious about the economy ...: between gas prices and roiling of financial markets, the subprime crisis, mortgages and foreclosures, et cetera. Then on the other side, he has a kind of conservative orthodoxy that he has had to embrace in the run up to this campaign in order to get this nomination. That conservative orthodoxy said, well, you can't do a whole heck of a lot. What ends up happening is you have this strange schizophrenia. One day he is saying, I support cap and trade, for instance, to deal with global warming. The next day he says he doesn't believe in mandatory caps. Well, mandatory caps are the whole purpose of cap-and-trade. One day he's the budget hero. He's going to fight pork and spending. The next day, he has 300 million dollars for a prize.

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