TOO LITTLE, TOO LATE FOR MCCAIN?

I’ve been watching the left as they have gone on the attack since Sarah Palin came on the McCain ticket, and at first I was amused at the stridency of their collective voice against this unassuming, successful, tough, conservative mother; and vice presidential nominee.

As time moves on, and reality sets in; I see that yes, Sarah Palin isn’t perfect, she has some work to do, but more importantly I see the left is so scared of this woman that they are brutal in their attacks. Hollywood is pulling out all the stops; from ads to SNL skits to gotcha interviews with the likes of Charles Gibson and Katie Coric. Both of those individuals looked so pathetic, as well as transparent in their efforts to “get” Palin. What is really hurting the John McCain/Sarah Palin ticket is "John McCain."

McCain is standing in his own way. He shot himself in the foot in the middle of all this bailout mess. Deciding to go to Washington and suspend his campaign, and then once there... doing nothing of notice. Or at least, if he did, "we the people" didn't know about it. And if McCain took the time to go to Washington, he should have had more to impart to the process. In fact McCain probably heard the old military maxim of, “Lead, follow, or get out of the way,” McCain didn’t do any of the above and he suffered for it. Like Bill O’ Reilly said, (And I’m paraphrasing) “The folks are looking for the candidate who they think is going to look out for them throughout all this mess, and so far they haven’t seen him in either candidate.”

When McCain has been able to hammer home the truth of Obama’s culpability in this whole debacle he has chosen to stay silent and has paid the price as Americans almost always blame the "right" when it comes to economic woes. Obama knows this, and has had to do absolutely nothing except ride the wave of between 5 and 7 point poll increase over the republican nominee.

If John McCain has any real interest in becoming the next president, he needs to take a page from the left’s “manual of campaign tactics,” and go on the attack of Barrack Obama. Not Obama personally, that is low-rent and wrong. That means his record, or lack there of. Or how about his knee deep involvement with Acorn? That “bastion of the people’s” beginning was due in no small part to Obama, who was one of their lawyers and “trainers,” as part of his duties as a “Community Organizer.”

Still, this whole political process this time around seems like a sham, like we are just going through the motions. It is as though I am watching from the galley of some macabre theater as the actors take their places and I can do nothing but watch as they go through their lines, and though I know what will happen next, I dread the truth of it, and am powerless to stop it. I am watching “Socialism: The Final Act” live, but not enjoying the view I have.