>> So I take it you want Palin to step down so Romney can step in, eh?
If McCain wanted to gamble (a good idea, imo - since he is lost otherwise), it was either Lieberman or Palin. He rolled the dice with Palin, but he needed to get some breaks and he is not getting it. She will have to stay on the ticket, and we have to hope that she is indeed very, very good on the trail and in the debates.
Then there is still a chance to turn it around.
You're basing this statement on a single-digit poll taken on the weekend after the DNC Convention? Please.
Remember the narrative for an Obama victory - open up a single-digit lead before the convention, rouse up the idiots during the week of the DNC, and lead by mid double-digits (ala Kerry, Dukakis, etc.) the following week. That didn't happen, and I'd give odds that the Dem power brokers are scared crapless.