[P-Marlowe]

Don't be a crybaby. McCain was a lousy candidate. He had very few core principles and the only saving virtues he had were that he was pro-life and strong on defense. Apparently that wasn't enough. Having the unqualified support of buffoons like George Will, Peggy Noonan and Ron Paul would not have added more than 3 votes to the overall total.

Time to regroup and reload. Also it might be a good idea to load up on bottled water and ammunition.

[xzins]

I agree, P-M. McCain was off target far too often to make this a winning race. The truth is that he was disorganized after he won the nomination. Part of that might have been lack of cash, but he sure had a lot of cash.

I didn’t shoot at McCain once he picked Palin. I’ve pulled for him pretty consistently all the way through.

He’s a great American. I honor his time in Vietnam. He SHOULD have used it more.

John McCain refused to make traditional conservative issues a basis for his campaign. He’s prolife and it never came up.

He never ONCE interviewed with Brit Hume or O’Reilly. He threw Palin to Gibson and Couric AND allowed them to edit. His team was weak dealing with the media.

The economic crisis hit and he wouldn’t blame Democrats.

He wouldn’t hit Obama’s associations.

I could go on and on. He talked about: (1) not raising taxes, and (2) win the war. Just appetizers. He never brought out the main course and the dessert.