McCain's internals must be showing some seriously bad news for his campaign

[cali]

that's the only explanation for the flailing and desperate attacks his campaign is throwing around in such abundance today. They're going after the NYT in an unprecedented way and Politico. I think the only conclusion is that they're privy to some truly bad news that we have yet to see.

[Happyhippychick]

1. I was thinking the same thing. He has really sounded desperate today.

[H2O Man]

2. Panic

on several issues.

[DJ13]

3. A collapsing economy to a GOP candidate in a campaign is like

.......putting a cockroach onto a hotplate.

They dance faster and faster until they finally give up.

[cali]

5. LOL! Love the image that gave me: McCain as a cockroach.

[regnaD kciN]

16. That's unfair...

...to cockroaches!

[SuperTrouper]

8. OMG the imagery is overwhelming LOL!!!

[Forkboy]

4. I've been thinking that for weeks now.

I'd pay money to see those internals. :)

[billyoc]

6. He stirred the koolaid for this economic Jonestown, and he knows everyone's on to him.

[gblady]

27. powerful analogy....

[Schulzz]

7. The only poll question they should be winning is "who is runnning the most dishonest campain". nt

[Ian David]

9. Politico must have had the extra key to the cabinet where he kept the strawberries! n/t

[RobertSeattle]

10. Oh Yeah. We;ll John McCain spent 6.5 years somewhere where he couldn't get the NYT

:evilgrin:

You know its coming...

[livetohike]

11. The bad news is Sarah Palin

she did not have the desired effect. Her unfavorables are rising and I doubt they can reverse that trend. McCain admitted he was weak on the economy and showed that last week. In addition, the only thing he can do now is become a Democrat. This whole economic crisis is based on the failure of Republican financial ideology and their damn Reagan-trickle down theories.


edit: spelling

[1corona4u]

12. I don't think we've seen the worst of it yet....

I really don't.

[Sugarcoated]

19. They tried that with Bill Clinton, right?

The People made their decision about Clinton, and no amount of smear could take him down once that was established.

[Sodan]

13. Desperation - they have nothing left! n/t

[curious one]

14. When you base your campaign on lies there is nowhere to go but down.

[anonymous171]

15. The GOP fears the issues. nt

[UnrepentantUnitarian]

17. Now if the media would only wake up!

Far too often, they are too little, too late on getting to the real essence of what's going on. Like Thom Hartmann just said, we now see the real fruits of 27 years of the Reagan and NeoCon trickle-down mindset. Sure, some Dems have played along, but this is a patently Repub ideology and that fact should be plastered all over the media now.

[stillcool]

21. the 'media' is awake..

there are plenty of journalists writing blogs and writing articles in the print media. Expecting the pimps on the television to change is like expecting an apple from an orange tree.

[Blarch]

18. beware of a cornered dog.

[damntexdem]

20. Or privy to all of that truly bad news that we HAVE SEEN ...

and truly worried that the electorate at large will take a long, hard look at it.

[StrongBad]

22. Quick question: Why are internal polls heralded?

Are their methods really that superior to polling organizations?

[Nicholas D Wolfwood]

28. They control them.

Weighting, methodology, question wording... all of it is in their own hands. The notion is that outside polling orgs each have some kind of bias that is reflected. By doing it oneself, the onus is on you to get the most reliable results possible rather than serving some other public audience.

[DevonRex]

23. They might be playing the "pity" card, hoping that the NYT will

now bend over extra special backwards to prove they're not in the tank for Obama.

[smoogatz]

24. I think the bad news they're privy to is the impending depression

and the inescapable conclusion that Bush and his crew of very serious men in suits are resposinble, and that McCain led the cheering for deregulation from his senate seat. They're doing everything they can to draw attention away from McCain's long history as a champion of deregulation.

[grantcart]

25. What McCain is seeing is what we are seeing that he has to fight a multi front war

He might have had a chance if there were 4-5 swing states but now Obama has increased it to 12 and most of them are red.

He also has doubled down in Florida with a $ 39 million budget and McCain is being pressed to either show up with some real money or kiss the election away. If he goes to play in Florida he won't have enough money for PA OH IN WI NC VA NV

The fact that he has alreadly lost two Bush states NM and IA means that he has almost no chance to win.

[DemReadingDU]

26. We gotta get Obama elected!

As horrible as the economy is for it to be handed to Obama, I feel Obama can bring forth the leadership and the right people to resolve these issues.

I just can't see the Republicans solving anything, but making everything worse.