was he sober OR defeated.......I had the impression he had the wind knocked out of him....more like in shock
I think the shock you see is the horror of realizing that he and Obama are in way over their heads, and will be massacred in the fall. And there's not a darn thing they can do to stop it.
Poor Joe can't even drop out of the race now, as that would draw an instantaneous comparison to McGovern, and doom Obama's chances for victory (as if he had any).
McCain and Palin have these two hopelessly out-gunned, and they know that they're being forced by circumstance to walk into the street to face their political deaths.
Dead men walking...
Probably already has the word that he will be expected to take one for the team.