McCain Behind the Eight Ball

John McCain wants to suspend campaigning until Congress has sorted out how to bailout Wall Street. What does this mean? Simple: he's losing and he knows he is.

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[dearieme]

Or that if all three senators troop back to Washington, Governor Palin can go on campaigning unopposed.

[ben]

McCain misses the Drones Club, of course. Instead of wondering what's on the menu on K Street, he's finding the early mornings and the cut and thrust of high-stakes politics a shock, so he wanted to run back to the cozy confines of DC.

Most of all, he hates having to appear with that ghastly woman all the time -- and Sarah Palin is often around as well.

[toby]

This is not going down well for McCain.

There are several clips around the web of the Dave Letterman show from last night. McCain called Letterman to cancel a scheduled appearance, leaving a pretty thin show. McCain claimed (as Letterman reported) he was about to get on a plane to Washington, and Letterman of course accepted his apologies.

In the middle of the show, Letterman drew attention to a monitor with McCain being interviewed LIVE by Katie Couric! He proceeded to eviscerate McCain verbally. Once again, McCain has managed to get get caught in a lie & p**s off an important section of the media.

One theory around the liberal blogs is that Palin's interview with Couric was a disaster with at least two major gaffes. McCain needed to divert attention fast - he is also skewered on the allegations that his campaign manager was receiving $15000 per month from Freddie Mac for future influence in the McCain White House. McCain had to grab the headlines & needed to divert Couric in particular.

It is distinctly odd - Obama cried off Saturday Night Live during Hurricane Ike, probably judging that doing comedy during a major natural disaster would not play well. McCain crying off Letterman may be similar, but why then turn up on someone else's show?

What exactly is he going to do in Washington? Call sittings of his Commerce Committee eight years too late? In fact, he has endangered the deal as Democrats are not going to easily let McCain get his fingerprints all over it. In the end, he only has his vote.

It is Obama who has come across as assured, calm and (yes) Presidential. Obama's suggestion of a joint statement was by far a more sensible option.

[Colin Campbell]

Letterman's comments are very damning. The psephologists seem very comfortable with an Obama win. Not really showing up in the main stream press yet.

[Panenka'sChip]

Hmmm. I'm not sure you can compare a live news broadcast (ABC News with Katie Couric) with Letterman. Of course, they are both high profile and probably have a decent cross-section of the same audience but they don't really compare - one is a variety/comedy talk show and one is a news programme. It does seem that McCain or his staff have really boobed on the 'getting on a plane to DC' bit. I'm delighted Letterman called him on it.

Over at fivethirtyeight.com, they are predicting a more and more comfortable electoral college win for Obama with each passing day. The numbers are beginning to look compelling.

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