John McCain and Traditional Conservatives

Another piece from National Review. The "traditional" conservatives (Bill Buckley style) seem to have turned on McCain a bit.

"Obama’s demeanor the past two weeks has been excellent by typical standards. He has often been talking calmly and deliberately before American flags in reassuring events with a presidential feel. In the Wall Street Journal/NBC poll, a majority says Obama would be able to handle a military crisis as president. But McCain’s anger, usually a worrisome quality in a presidential candidate, has resonance given a public mood somewhere between Watergate and the stock-market crash of 1929. According to the Wall Street Journal/NBC poll, McCain leads among independents by 13 points." John McPerot by Rich Lowry on National Review Online