At least, that’s how The Nation’s Katrina vanden Heuvel sees it.

John McCain, unlike his Democratic rivals, seems indifferent to the problems of struggling Americans. Former Clinton Labor Secretary Robert Reich captured McCain’s stance when –on ABC’s “This Week” roundtable–he called the Republican nominee the “let them eat cake” candidate.

In these days, when as New York Times columnist Paul Krugman points out, ” even free-market enthusiasts are talking about increased regulation of securities firms now that the fed has shown that it will rush to their rescue if they get in trouble…Mr. McCain is selling the same old snake oil, claiming that deregulation and tax cuts cure all ills.”

Great! Give securities firms even more reason to run amuck. A McCain presidency truly would be four more years of the same crap.