I said at the beginning of the summer that I felt McCain was allowed to run by the GOP because they know they can't win in 2008. He's being Dole-ized. He is not what the GOP wants, but the GOP no longer wants to be connected to Bush in any way (he wasn't even invited to or mentioned at the RNC) and the best way to really have a clean break is to not have a Republican follow Bush into the White House. The GOP knew 2008 would be a hard one to win and by allowing McCain to run they've given him his shot, shut him up, appeared fair, and thrown the election all in one move. The GOP also feels that they'll have a good chance in 2012 because it won't be possible for President Obama to make big changes in 4 years (boy are they going to be surprised!).

Then came the Palin thing and I was confused by it to put it mildly. But, briefly it looked like the GOP might actually be trying to win this thing.

Now I wonder. Look at the huge missteps of the GOP/McCain campaign. Millions and millions of falsified ballots mailed out in several states - like that's not going to be noticed? Palin herself - like a two-week cram session would stop her from looking like a fool? An ad accusing Obama of wanting to teach kindergartners sex ed? Oh really? And now Rove and O'Reilly coming out against some of McCain's move? Let's face it - among the ultra-right wing citizens of this country, Rove, O'Reilly and Limbaugh are the holy trinity and they'll listen to them far more than McCain himself. I wonder if we'll see a real cooling of support for McCain and a lot of Republicans staying home on November 4th.

This is just me thinking aloud. This is not, I repeat NOT, an OP that gets anyone off the hook for not working and volunteering for the Obama campaign in their neighborhood or state, so please don't take it that way. I still stand by my original theory that anyone who doesn't vote as well as campaign for and donate to Obama as much as they can between now and Nov. 4th deserves what they get if there is a President McCain - and doesn't get to complain about it, not for one second. The GOP can not be trusted or predicted and so there's no way we can get lazy, not even for one minute.

Nonetheless, it should be interesting to see what happens in the next 51 days!