McCain you old warrior fox! Isn't the element of surprise one of the most basic cornerstones of war strategy?
He operates inside the enemies decision cycle. Napolean was good at it . Politics is war by other means and John seems to be a good tactician and planner.
I will fight McCain on many fronts (but still vote for him), but this actually made me stand up say..”Way to go, John!!”.
Aside from military training, McCain has been in DC for a long, long time (maybe a hand in glove fit). Unless something really bizarro happens between now and November..I’d have to say this was one of the best political coups in the last hundred years.
If Axelrod was that surprised, maybe he needs to instruct his guys to stay off KOS and look around a bit. I’m not an insider to anything, but knew Palin was on the radar. Or maybe they just didn’t think McCain would have the guts to do it, lol.