Have you noticed, as I think I have, that every time McCain appears to be getting a little traction, another heavy weight Republican endorses Obama? Why do they do it at this point in the game? It seems to me they have the option of silence.
I'm fully convinced that the Republican Party gave McCain the nod in exchange for his backing Bush policies ... they gave him the nod to run ... not to win. I believe they went into the election seeing the hand writing on the wall, that it simply wasn't going to be a Republican year. Even if there was a chance to win, it wouldn't be a very good political move to win this one. Whoever takes the office is in for a rough ride. I speculate that the thinking went something like this:
Lets let the Democrats win this one. It is a virtually impossible task to manage the foreign relations issues, oversee two wars AND fix the economy after the fiasco of the last eight years. When the wheels come off, and there's a good change they will, come back in 2012 with a bag full of "We told ya so". In the meantime, they get to make an object lesson of McCain and his maverick ways. Let him run into a crushing defeat. If he looks like he's going to get up from the mat during the fight, give him a swift kick in the jewels. If he looks like he's getting some traction, send out another Republican to make headlines endorsing Obama. It kills two birds with one stone. It leaves the Democrats holding the bag with the added advantage of demonstrating what happens when you buck the party line. They've hung McCain out to dry.
I wonder who really pointed McCain at the Caribou Barbie? She has certainly proved to be a political boat anchor.
I think the Congressional races have been a surprise but still ... "We told ya so" in 2012.
Maybe I'm being paranoid but elephants are reputed to have a long memories.
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