Obvious correction:

Let's hope that the buyer's remorse does not take hold until it's way too late.

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I enjoyed the 1st two sentences of your post!

But let's keep things clear:

He is turning out to be possibly the most inept, incapable campaigner I have seen in my life.

John McCain came back from the dead to win his party's nomination. For better or worse, that's something that Hillary wasn't able to do -- and she hadn't been written off the way McCain was.

There would be nothing so stupid as to play this GE out as the Rabbit and the Tortoise.

Or your your case the Rabbit nee Cat and the Tortoise.

Fight the fight as McCain is the best campaigner on Earth. That will guarantee victory in November.

Watching his speech last night was so torturous. This guy is so wrong for so many reasons. I don't understand these Hillary Clinton supporters that see a jump to McCain as even a consideration.

Republican strategist Leslie Sanchez said on CNN last night that McCain's speech was like a bingo game at an AARP convention.

John McCain came back from the dead to win his party's nomination. For better or worse, that's something that Hillary wasn't able to do -- and she hadn't been written off the way McCain was.

You give McCain far too much credit. Do you remember the Republican primaries? It was like a hit parade of incompetent buffoons. It's not so much that McCain won the primary, as that he happened to be the last man standing, the least unpalatable among the distasteful choices of the conservative base.

Which is not to say that we should right him off: to the contrary, distrust of Democrats seems to be an abiding concern among a near majority of the population. Conservatives have been voting against the Democratic candidate more than they have been voting for the Republican, at least for the past several election cycles. But don't kid yourself: McCain's win is not evidence of some special skill on the campaign trail.