TW: I mentioned a couple of days ago if McCain did not come out of Oxford with some some serious Mo that panic would ensue. McCain is now faced with both strategic headwinds (e.g. the disastrous economy, Iraq, Bush fatigue etc.) and self inflicted wounds (e.g. the airdrop into the DC negotiations that pissed off many and accomplished nothing, the growing Palin embarassment). I expect the really nasty negative Obama ad stuff to be out by next Friday (not sure if they will wait for the VP debate or not so it could be earlier as McCain could be approaching double digit poll deficits by Monday). Rev. Wright will have his next 15 seconds of fame soon enough. Perhaps this is all a huge effort to lower expectations for the VP debate but I do not think so.
From Dan Larison at the American Conservative:
"The entire Palin episode has been like some drunken bacchanalia that gave way to a terrified awakening several weeks too late. When her critics were painting her as a new Eagleton, her supporters were laughing at them as lunatics filled with hate, and now they are beginning to think that the haters may have been onto something. The GOP is experiencing self-immolation, and I can’t say that I am very bothered by that."[TW: Larison is apparently a member of a Republican sect which believes the party house needs to be burned down in order to re-build it, those House Republicans opposing the financial bailout are members of the same sect]
http://www.amconmag.com/larison/2008/09/26/t-minus-six-days/
From Ed Shultz (progressive pundit)
"Capitol Hill sources are telling me that senior McCain people are more than concerned about Palin. The campaign has held a mock debate and a mock press conference; both are being described as 'disastrous.' One senior McCain aide was quoted as saying, 'What are we going to do?' The McCain people want to move this first debate to some later, undetermined date, possibly never. People on the inside are saying the Alaska Governor is 'clueless.' "
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