>The problem was, McCain didn’t attack, he played the hippie pansy role instead of the old, foul mouthed soldier.<
McCain was in Obama’s pocket from the beginning.
As penance for my sins, I watched much of Larry King's interview with Joe Biden. After all the insults and lies that Biden hurled at McCain, the rapidity at which they renewed their friendship was disconcerting. The message I got was "Hey, it's just politics! We're good friends, we really didn't mean what we said."
McCain is definitely a Washingtonian of the first order. I pray that he is knocked out in the primary in 2010.
McCain obviously thought it more important to lose with grace than to fight for the job.
It didn't help that his campaign never stuck to a consistent message, which illustrated what a poor candidate McCain was.
His campaign didn't use Palin's strengths: energy, non-lawyer, executive experience, government reformer.
Watch out Murkowski! You've got a big bullseye on your back!