GOP insiders starting to get upset with McCain's "aimless" campaign

[Democratic Hawk]

McCain has no vision. There are two things keeping him in contention:

1) The fact the McCain was prisoner of war in Vietnam, which reaffirms his heroism and a patriotism. His military service alone doesn't necessarily count for much

2) The myth that a docile, complicit media has been peddling all these years that McCain is a maverick

Of course, there are factors which could explain why Obama isn't running away with it

Dave

[Democratic Hawk]

McCain's campaign has stunk. McCain had a big chance to hit Obama on Wrightgate, Bittergate, his previous comments on Iran and now slumlordgate. However, he has allowed Obama to rebrand himself as a centrist. In the hands on a Morris or a Carville Slumlordgate alone would have sunk Obama - instead it has got next to no coverage. McCain has also allowed the Fred Thompson and Mitt Romney wing of the GOP to act like they won the primary.

I'm not too pessimistic because the fact that McCain is only 6% behind given his dismal campaign gives one hope for when his campaign does get its ass into gear but Rick Davis' ass should have been grass a long time ago.

Slumlordgate just another manufactured smear against Obama is it? I'm optimistic that the fearmongering, smearmongering tactics of the Right won't work in 2008

Dave

[Democratic Hawk]

McCain's campaign has stunk. McCain had a big chance to hit Obama on Wrightgate, Bittergate, his previous comments on Iran and now slumlordgate. However, he has allowed Obama to rebrand himself as a centrist. In the hands on a Morris or a Carville Slumlordgate alone would have sunk Obama - instead it has got next to no coverage. McCain has also allowed the Fred Thompson and Mitt Romney wing of the GOP to act like they won the primary.

I'm not too pessimistic because the fact that McCain is only 6% behind given his dismal campaign gives one hope for when his campaign does get its ass into gear but Rick Davis' ass should have been grass a long time ago.

Slumlordgate just another manufactured smear against Obama is it? I'm optimistic that the fearmongering, smearmongering tactics of the Right won't work in 2008

Dave

Hillary tried to bring up the Rezko scandal a number of times and it failed to excite the media or the public. If Americans don't care that Karl Rove gave away the name of a CIA agent, they won't care about or understand the Rezko scandal. It will be a non-issue because it doesn't involve oral sex.

So that's what it was? The Rezko thing. Obviously, can't have had legs like 'Wrightgate' otherwise the media would have ran with it, and ran with it, and ran with it ...

Dave