One of the best zingers Rudy Giuliani got off last Wednesday night at the RNC convention was in re: Obama's continuously shifting position on the conflict between Russia and Georgia. After he and his 300+ policy advisors went flailing about for several days looking for the right response, Obama ultimately looked at McCain and went, "Uh, yeah. What he said!" Rudy's observation was that Obama should start asking John McCain first.

Well, it turns out that Rudy was right on more than one count. As the Wallstreet Journal points out, Obama has now changed his mind about the raising taxes on "the rich". Apparently he's realized that if we go into a recession it may be bad for the economy to raise taxes on the people who are actually providing jobs and signing paychecks. Too bad he didn't consult McCain before he sent out his tax plan.

If you will recall, originally McCain wasn't in favor of the Bush tax cuts. McCain, who has always been a HUGE proponent of reducing government waste an reigning in federal spending, felt at the time that we hadn't made enough cuts on our federal tab to justify a cut in rates. However when it turned out that the tax cuts stimulated the economy and the government actually started taking in more revenue than it had previously, McCain was man enough to admit his initial misgivings turned out to be incorrect and made the decision to support keeping the tax cuts. You see this is what's called "the ability to exercise good judgment".

Obama, on the other hand, has apparently only recently gotten the memo that the tax cuts worked (possibly included in the same memo telling him about the success of the troop surge, to which he has FINALLY admitted) and is now staking out a contingency plan to keep taxes low "just in case". Unfortunately the same miracle worker who managed to convince Obama that raising taxes on "the rich" during a recession would just make things worse has yet to convince him that the same logic carries over into non-volatile economic times. Apparently, Obama believes taking money that would otherwise go into production (ie, corporate expansion, jobs, and wages) will magically create wealth and opportunity in good times, even though the same policy is a disaster in poor times. Excellent reasoning and judgment, Barry!

Seriously, man: take Rudy's advice, dump the 300+ useless "advisors" and start consulting John. You'll have a much better chance at being right.