Every one of these ideas was a popular idea offered to McCain from overheated right-wing blogs. Way to go grassroots!
If McCain loses, post-game analysis will show that McCain failed because his campaign thought it needed to pay attention to the right wingnut faction, losing touch with pretty much everyone else in the country. They've already said that they found Palin by making a list of available Republican women and her name came up a lot in the blogs (I wonder if they saw Regime Turnover! That was me back in August telling the world that Sarah Palin was a longshot for VP pick).
If McCain wins, it'll probably be because he somehow does a complete 180 and runs screaming away from the wingnuts. As Bill Kristol suggested (one week after Kristol was on board with the wingnut strategy) fire your whole campaign, McCain! They're not just listening to the wingnuts anymore. They've transformed themselves.
As Obama goes off to visit his ailing grandmother, it would probably be wise for McCain to take a moment to do some self-examination, and campaign examination. But I don't really expect it. his campaign folks are going to be telling him every day: "stick to the plan (that we got from the blogs)!"
Posted by James at October 22, 2008 9:51 AMMcCain can do that on Friday, while his running mate is giving her Troopergate deposition.
Posted by: Julie at October 22, 2008 11:07 AMHe'll need to make a big announcement that he is suspending his campaign first. Then he will have to issue press releases about each and every thing he does while the campaign is suspended.
Posted by: briwei at October 22, 2008 12:45 PMwell if History is any measure, Palin will most likely get a gig on Fox news, and other programs as a conservative consultant. They are just rabble rousing now. At this point the GOP is just creating ammunition to use against Obamma once he gets in office. Remember Clinton? Yeah, expect that. They're going to crucify this man and they are laying the foundation now.
That is assuming the GOP even has any validity left after this election. The Friedmanist, Atwater neocons will not die easy, though.