On his blog, whimsically titled “The Conspiracy to Keep You Poor and Stupid”, free market economist and chief investment officer at Trend Micro, Don Luskin posts the occasional observations of confederate and political insider, “Mick Danger.” Here’s that individual’s dead-on observation about John McCain’s campaign and his flirtation with “Global Warming”

McCain is running as a third party candidate, trying to use the global warming issue he believes in (why, ‘cause he’s marinated his brains in the media bowl) to shake his tail feathers at independents and Democrats.

The trouble is that this is a fatally flawed political strategy because McCain is driving some likely voters away in an attempt to attract others who his campaign imagines exist. McCain is a regular guy, despite his dalliances with the international set.

Folks in states like Ohio, Pennsylvania, Missouri, Arkansas—the states he needs to carry to get to 270 electoral college votes—work with their hands; carbon is what they do. They sure don’t buy no eco clothes, unless they come printed with their favorite NASCAR number or “Git ‘er done!”.

Think the following announcement would be popular: “Ladies and Gentlemen, Turn off your engines. We are still waiting for our federal emissions carbon offset approval notice.”

Here are my observations:

1. This is still a slightly-right of center country

2. “Conservative” is better than “Republican”

3. The biggest threat to blue collar jobs is political, mostly “Global Warming” legislation

4. The Republicans are now the third party, behind Democrats and Independents

5. Brace yourself; the inept Republicans and the kidding-themselves Blue Dog Democrats are about to hand the keys to the government to Nancy, Harry and Barack.