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John McCain's remarks about lost jobs in Michigan might have cost him the state's Republican primary vote to Mitt Romney. (Charles Dharapak/Associated Press) |
Mich. holds rhetoric lesson for McCain
Romney profited from his rival's 'straight talk'
LAKE WYLIE, S.C. - John McCain's campaign "is predicated on the idea that voters are smart," according to aide Mark Salter. But his loss this week in Michigan, after a quick dash through its television markets, suggests that its logic - the notion that telling smart people things they do not want to hear will only make them like you ... (Full article: 682 words)
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