I am sure in the many books soon to to written on this campaign somewhere someone will nail down Plouffe or Axelrod and get them to admit how fortunate they felt that John McCain would be their opponent in the general election; and not someone like Mittens who seems so much better at selling the Big Lie.

I want to think that no matter who the opponent was they would have followed the Rovian playbook and punted this election from the getgo. Who knows?  But I think the real gift that kept on giving was the nomination of an aging, befuddled, reckless, addictive craps player who oozes mysogyny and entitlement from every pore of his body.  The selection of Sarah Palin was just icing on the entire mishmashed cake. 

What could have been a tight nailbiter of an election now turns into a overwhelming mandate for a New Deal---the worst possible nightmare for the Limbaughs, Hannitys, Dobsons, and Cheneys of this world.  The end of Reaganomics ["let unrestrained markets dictate the answer to all our problems"], "know-nothingism", racism as a virtue, and Presidents and Vice Presidents whose first language is gibberish sprinkled liberally with doubletalk.

None of this is possible without the help of good folks like John McCain.  God Bless You John McCain.