I started the morning at the Rockerfeller Center in New York to see Senator John McCain's early morning rally to start off his "Super Tuesday" campaign. I may have surprised Channel 4 news anchor Jon Snow by cheerily yelling "Good morning Jon Snow" in a British accent in the middle of NY before 7am.
McCain was joined on the rostrum by former NY mayor and recent competitor for the Republican nomination, Rudy Guliani. Other supporters included Democrat Senator Joe Lieberman (who was Vice President in Al Gore's unsuccessful campaign in 2000) and former Governor Tom Ridge, who was the first head of the Department for Homeland Security (DHS). family were in attendance also namely McCain's wife and sprightly mother. Lastly a cluster of Nixon-offspring were present involved in various ways in the campaign.
The speech was principally about security and Iraq - maybe a necessary play to the voters of New York who endured 9/11. However I could not help feeling that McCain felt happier marching to that drumbeat over the economy and I feel he could struggle as the campaign agenda moves into less familiar waters.
Music included the theme to the "Rocky" movies on McCain's enterance and then on departure the old hit Johnny B. Goode by Chuck Berry "go, Johnny, go go go". Lets hope the nomination translates into a budget for music closer to the key voting demographic...
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