On Monday, I blogged the McCain campaign’s announcement that 300 distinguished economists had signed a letter supporting his economic plan, including the tax component. Today’s Politico reports that not all of the economists actually support the plan:
[A] good many of those economists don’t actually support the whole of McCain’s economic agenda. And at least one doesn’t even support McCain for president. In interviews with more than a dozen of the signatories, Politico found that, far from embracing McCain’s economic plan, many were unfamiliar with — or downright opposed to — key details. While most of those contacted by Politico had warm feelings about McCain, many did not want to associate themselves too closely with his campaign and its policy



