FWIW, I remember the last McCain rally before the 2008 election, which was held in Tampa. They scheduled the venue for 10,000, and about 1,000 showed up. I knew then, if not before, that the election was lost.
Poor John, he was trying to bring pep into his campaign with Sarah Palin, but he could not. Not that Sarah was so bad, but that he had all the appeal of stale oatmeal. You have to say that the Obama image, at least, had pizzazz.
Whatever Donald Trump may lack, it isn’t pizzazz.