It's John McCain, Stupid

[ProSense]

It's John McCain, Stupid

Posted by Moira Whelan

A troubling meme is starting to pick up steam in some wrap-up press for the weekend: the idea that the floundering economy is giving Barack Obama a bump in the polls. Perhaps Democrats do better in bad economic climates, but we’ve hardly had enough time for most Americans to see this crisis hit their wallets. No…John McCain failed this week. That’s why his numbers are dropping.

I don’t want to rehash the excellent list put together by Marc Ambinder, but rather to point out that it didn’t stop at the SEVEN mistakes made by McCain by Wednesday.

We were subsequently treated to attacks on Chris Cox (which led to a scathing retort from the Wall Street Journal and a dismissal of McCain’s understanding of the abilities of a President) and more attacks on Fannie and Freddie. We were even treated to attacks on SPAIN.

By the time Todd Palin’s refusal to comply with a subpoena and John McCain’s confusion of the FEC and SEC hit the news, it’s sort of difficult to see how they’re still standing, especially after not one, but two, flip-flops on economic policy. But we did see a drop off in coverage, indicating that the press is growing weary of covering McMistakes.

Add to that the endorsement of Obama from the former publisher of the National Review and Republican Representative Wayne Gilchrest and newly-minted McCain advocate Lady de Rothschild calling Barack Obama an elitist and American voters "rednecks" and you have some pretty telling developments this week.

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[arKansasJHawk]

1. Absolutely!

It's too early (esp. given the ReThugs history of stealing elections) to start celebrating, but I don't think it's too early to start thinking about how awesome the celebration is going to be.

I get a strange feeling that the McCain campaign is headed completely off the rails. I think we'll know for sure after next week's debate. Coming out of next weekend, I really expect to see a huge surge for Obama (and surges always work!). If McSame keeps it close over the next two weeks, it'll be a dogfight. But I really think there's a strong chance Obama will begin to really pull ahead.

[Democrafty]

2. K & R!!!