McCain running mate Sarah Palin
-Headline of the day-
"McCain camp trying to scapegoat Palin."
If (when) John McCain loses the election this Tuesday, it'll be all Sarah Palin's fault, because John McCain was absolutely flawless. See, Team McCain has been working overtime to convince anyone who'll listen that Palin's "a whack job," that she's "gone rogue," that she's "a diva. She takes no advice from anyone."
"Imagine not taking advice from the geniuses at the McCain campaign," writes Politico's Roger Simon. "What could Palin be thinking?"
Of course, this sort of mixed messaging has more to do with the candidate's electoral demise than anything else -- one minute, choosing her was the best goddam decision anyone, anywhere has ever made in the entirety of human history. The next, she's a nut who's blowing it for Baghdad Johnny. Maybe if Team McCain would've made up their minds about just one thing (other than "Barack Obama is evil"), they might've enjoyed a bit of success in their little endeavor.
The fundamentals of the economy are strong one week, we're in a crisis the next. We've got to suspend the presidential campaign to deal with this crisis, then we've got to unsuspend it to have the debates. We've got to be for labor to one crowd, against it to another. For Roe v, Wade on the TV machine, against it on the road. For veterans on the campaign trail, against them in the voting record. Seriously, if they'd just made up their minds about anything at all, they might've gotten somewhere.
But now that the base is all they've got left, they attack the running mate who fired them up -- days before the election. Freakin' brilliant.
If this is the way John McCain planned on governing, we're totally dodging a bullet here. These people couldn't organize a birthday party. (Politico)
-Bonus HotD-
"McCain forgets that Joe the Plumber isn’t at his rally: ‘Where is Joe?’"
At an Ohio rally, John McCain announced "Joe the Plumber" for a joint appearance. Unfortunately, he wasn't there. TP provides the transcript:
McCAIN: That’s only because Joe the Plumber asked [Obama] the right questions right here in Ohio. … Joe’s with us today. Joe, where are you? Where is Joe? Is Joe here with us today? Joe, I thought you were here today.
[CROSSTALK]
McCAIN: All right, well you’re all Joe the Plumbers, so all of you stand up!
Joe's not the only absentee voter giving McCain trouble. Obama has the edge there 59%-40%.
You'd think that with only a few days left, something would go right for McCain. Really, what are the odds? (Think Progress)
-Ok, now this is just stupid...-
Tired of having their candidate compared with George W. Bush, the McCain camp has decided that now's the time to address the problem. And campaign manager Rick Davis did just that with a trip through a completely delusionary world.
According to the report. Davis "said the attempt of the Illinois senator’s campaign to link the current White House occupant to the new Republican standard-bearer is 'a desperate attempt at the end of this campaign by Obama to try and stem the flow of people away from his campaign.'"
That's right, people are flocking to McCain and Obama's totally panicked about it. Also, pigs have been spotted landing at airports.
Of the Bush/McCain link, Davis basically dared Obama to keep it up. "And if [Obama] wants to spend his time and money on it, more power to him,” Davis stated. “I think it's a good way for us to win the election.”
OK, sure. You guys go ahead with that awesome strategy.
Where did John McCain find these people? Is there some sort of work-release program at a DC mental hospital or something? Pretending that something that's working isn't working is just having a good poker face -- daring someone to keep doing something that's working is just stupid. (The Hill)
