McCain's New Speech

Well, I just finished listening to John McCain's new and improved stump speech. The differences with the version he was using before this one are as follows:

*McCain now takes a swipe at President Bush for doubling the national debt.

*McCain admits that he is behind in the polls.

*He jabs the media for helping to cause this situation.

*He says that even though he's 6 points down, he has Obama exactly where he wants him.

That's it. All the rest can be found, in one guise or other, in the many speeches McCain has made thus far in the campaign. Today's speech was billed as a bold shift, a re-booting of sorts, to woo voters. While it acknowledged our fundamentally unsound economy, it gave little detail (other than the repeated call to start drilling for oil immediately) as to how to fix the problem. Honestly, in terms of policy, what was really different about his remarks today?

Later this afternoon, Barack Obama will deliver what aides are calling a major policy address about job creation. Let's see if he's more specific than McCain on a prescription to fix what ails us.