From The New West Blog

Egan: Obama Sealed the Deal

By Matthew Frank, 10-16-08

Barack Obama diffused the “media-fed” Bill Ayers moment while McCain “scuffed and huffed” during the third and final presidential debate, failing to give an “overarching reason for electing the old guy.” That’s more or less New York Times Western columnist Timothy Egan’s assessment. He writes:

McCain, though much better on Wednesday night than he was in the first two debates, looked pained, pickled along with his honor. Some of the reaction shots made Bob Dole at his grumpiest look botoxed into serenity by comparison. ...

But you can tell McCain wants his reputation back; he wants out of this angry old man role. Being the designated white guy for Fox News does not suit him.

Egan, who’s won the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize, will be giving a keynote address at next week’s New West conference about the shifting political landscape in the West and how that relates to land use and development—a topic on many peoples’ minds just ahead of the election. For more information on our 3rd annual conference, click here.

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