[ModelBreaker]

"They're getting the base excited, that's obvious," says a GOP strategist not affiliated with the campaign. "But these are tactics that get you to 45 percent. I don't see their strategy to get McCain to 50 percent. And [by attacking the media] they're doing harm to McCain's brand." Said another GOP consultant attending the festivities in St. Paul: "Attack the media is what you do when you're losing."

Unless the public is right on the cusp of getting sick of all the fawning converage of The One that has been shoved down their throat for a year. Combine that with an attack on a 17 year old pregnant girl, and you have political dynamite.

The best thing about this is that McCain now has to see the press was always using him to get at other Republicans. They could have cared less about McCain, personally or as a politician.

As soon as he IS the Republican, into the dumpster with him. His constituency now includes conservatives. That can only bodes well for the results of a McCain administration--he may actually start taking our opinions into account.

[A Balrog of Morgoth]

Obviously, that anonymous GOP “strategist” is not affiliated with the campaign for a reason.

And how many fricken “strategists” do both parties need, anyways?