The Dem nominee/MSM will paint McCain as a doddering old guy, like it did with Perot's VP nominee, Admiral Stockdale.
They already have a collection of McCain verbal fumbles, stumbles, stammers, and those are growing. MTP just discussed a major gaffe McCain made in Iraq regarding al-Qaeda and the Sunni-Shi’ite factions. Those kinds of gaffes will come back to haunt McCain in the general election.
Another is the ABC video of McCain's ‘conservative liberal Republican’. In this one short video McCain makes 2 verbals gaffes and McCain's repeats his desire assault the First Amendment by wanting to outlaw 527’s. McCain a 'Proud Liberal'? (Video)
McCain’s verbal abilities will make us long for the loathed and despised George W. Bush, whom the libs always made fun of as an orator (although I thought he was fine)
Bush is especially good at unscripted, off-the-cuff remarks. McCain is not. But he’s all we got.