Department of untimely policy initiatives

by desmoinesdem [courtesy of MyDD]

Over at the Washington Monthly's Political Animal blog, Hilzoy had a great comment on news that John McCain may soon propose "economic measures aimed directly at the middle class" such as "tax cuts -- perhaps temporary -- for capital gains and dividends":

Because what everyone is really worried about right now is how they'll manage to pay the taxes on their massive capital gains.

The biggest surprise for me this year is how poor a campaign McCain has run since locking up the Republican nomination.

This is an open thread on the dumbest policy idea or campaign tactic McCain has come up with in recent months.

Dave in MA threw out some ideas in this diary earlier today.

Although McCain had no great VP options, in my opinion, I still think choosing Sarah Palin was among his biggest mistakes.