Just count how many times the press corps have been wrong about the stories they pushed: -Discord on the floor. Didn't happen. -Hillary and the Big Dog holding back. Didn't happen. -Obama wouldn't fight. Didn't happen. -It's gonna be the MIttster. Or Pawlenty or Lieberman. Didn't happen. That convention was a resounding success. During the "celebrity" portion of the speech, with my three-year old son, who came in and said "Daddy,what are you watching?"  "The news," I replied."Who is that?" That's when I was literally moved to tears. I am a salty (and cynical) son of a bitch. Comes with the job. And I fucking hate parades. But if he wins, I will go to downtown DC to stand on Constitution avenue in the freezing cold with my son so that he can see what the American dream really looks like.
I know the adage about not counting chickens, but I think (Fournier and AP excluded) that the press corps is about to turn on McCain. It's gonna be ugly, and in many ways sad because he knows exactly what he's doing and how ugly it is. That's what comes through in the Time interview yesterday. And I don't think that the alleged abuse of power in the Alaska governor's mansion (e.g., the abuse of her power as governor to intervene in a custody dispute by firing a law enforcement official) is exactly the kind of resume attribute that you'd want in light of the US Attorney scandal.  
I think the media response to this is going to be devastating to the McCain campaign. What a colossal blunder. To me this began years ago, when McCain struck the worst of Faustian bargains on the MIlitary Commissions Act. Without him, Bush never could have gotten it through. In exchange for McCain's soul, the White House pledged their help in making him president. So he sacrificed everything he believed in on the altar of his ambition. When this is over, he will still probably be the senior senator from Arizona, but there will be nothing left of him. That part died two years ago.

Just count how many times the press corps have been wrong about the stories they pushed: -Discord on the floor. Didn't happen. -Hillary and the Big Dog holding back. Didn't happen. -Obama wouldn't fight. Didn't happen. -It's gonna be the MIttster. Or Pawlenty or Lieberman. Didn't happen. That convention was a resounding success. During the "celebrity" portion of the speech, with my three-year old son, who came in and said "Daddy,what are you watching?"  "The news," I replied."Who is that?" That's when I was literally moved to tears. I am a salty (and cynical) son of a bitch. Comes with the job. And I fucking hate parades. But if he wins, I will go to downtown DC to stand on Constitution avenue in the freezing cold with my son so that he can see what the American dream really looks like.
I know the adage about not counting chickens, but I think (Fournier and AP excluded) that the press corps is about to turn on McCain. It's gonna be ugly, and in many ways sad because he knows exactly what he's doing and how ugly it is. That's what comes through in the Time interview yesterday. And I don't think that the alleged abuse of power in the Alaska governor's mansion (e.g., the abuse of her power as governor to intervene in a custody dispute by firing a law enforcement official) is exactly the kind of resume attribute that you'd want in light of the US Attorney scandal.  
I think the media response to this is going to be devastating to the McCain campaign. What a colossal blunder. To me this began years ago, when McCain struck the worst of Faustian bargains on the MIlitary Commissions Act. Without him, Bush never could have gotten it through. In exchange for McCain's soul, the White House pledged their help in making him president. So he sacrificed everything he believed in on the altar of his ambition. When this is over, he will still probably be the senior senator from Arizona, but there will be nothing left of him. That part died two years ago.

Just count how many times the press corps have been wrong about the stories they pushed: -Discord on the floor. Didn't happen. -Hillary and the Big Dog holding back. Didn't happen. -Obama wouldn't fight. Didn't happen. -It's gonna be the MIttster. Or Pawlenty or Lieberman. Didn't happen. That convention was a resounding success. During the "celebrity" portion of the speech, with my three-year old son, who came in and said "Daddy,what are you watching?"  "The news," I replied."Who is that?" That's when I was literally moved to tears. I am a salty (and cynical) son of a bitch. Comes with the job. And I fucking hate parades. But if he wins, I will go to downtown DC to stand on Constitution avenue in the freezing cold with my son so that he can see what the American dream really looks like.
I know the adage about not counting chickens, but I think (Fournier and AP excluded) that the press corps is about to turn on McCain. It's gonna be ugly, and in many ways sad because he knows exactly what he's doing and how ugly it is. That's what comes through in the Time interview yesterday. And I don't think that the alleged abuse of power in the Alaska governor's mansion (e.g., the abuse of her power as governor to intervene in a custody dispute by firing a law enforcement official) is exactly the kind of resume attribute that you'd want in light of the US Attorney scandal.  
I think the media response to this is going to be devastating to the McCain campaign. What a colossal blunder. To me this began years ago, when McCain struck the worst of Faustian bargains on the MIlitary Commissions Act. Without him, Bush never could have gotten it through. In exchange for McCain's soul, the White House pledged their help in making him president. So he sacrificed everything he believed in on the altar of his ambition. When this is over, he will still probably be the senior senator from Arizona, but there will be nothing left of him. That part died two years ago.

Just count how many times the press corps have been wrong about the stories they pushed: -Discord on the floor. Didn't happen. -Hillary and the Big Dog holding back. Didn't happen. -Obama wouldn't fight. Didn't happen. -It's gonna be the MIttster. Or Pawlenty or Lieberman. Didn't happen. That convention was a resounding success. During the "celebrity" portion of the speech, with my three-year old son, who came in and said "Daddy,what are you watching?"  "The news," I replied."Who is that?" That's when I was literally moved to tears. I am a salty (and cynical) son of a bitch. Comes with the job. And I fucking hate parades. But if he wins, I will go to downtown DC to stand on Constitution avenue in the freezing cold with my son so that he can see what the American dream really looks like.
I know the adage about not counting chickens, but I think (Fournier and AP excluded) that the press corps is about to turn on McCain. It's gonna be ugly, and in many ways sad because he knows exactly what he's doing and how ugly it is. That's what comes through in the Time interview yesterday. And I don't think that the alleged abuse of power in the Alaska governor's mansion (e.g., the abuse of her power as governor to intervene in a custody dispute by firing a law enforcement official) is exactly the kind of resume attribute that you'd want in light of the US Attorney scandal.  
I think the media response to this is going to be devastating to the McCain campaign. What a colossal blunder. To me this began years ago, when McCain struck the worst of Faustian bargains on the MIlitary Commissions Act. Without him, Bush never could have gotten it through. In exchange for McCain's soul, the White House pledged their help in making him president. So he sacrificed everything he believed in on the altar of his ambition. When this is over, he will still probably be the senior senator from Arizona, but there will be nothing left of him. That part died two years ago.