McCain went in thinking he could go far enough left to cut into Obama support – so far left that he lost touch with his base and needed support from voters he has no chance of getting. And predictably, he has shown no interest in going after the pot of gold disinfranchised voters while at the same time matching his rhetoric on cleaning up Washington and cutting pork.

The worst thing of all is that we have two guys running for president – one will become president – and neither are Americans. I’m not returning to questions about where they were born. I mean – the nation, it’s fundamental definition, it’s Constitutional rule – is something they both oppose.

We hit the rocks already and either one of these guys will spend the next 4 years slamming other rocks on people’s heads.

I have to stop following this election lest I lose my sanity…what little I have. Seeing the lame brain “undecided” voters after, with pathetic wimp after clueless drama queen saying “well I thought he explained Change very well” or “he told me how he is going to help us” and that go unchallenged.

Its the very beginning of the end of the US. I’d like to think 4 years of him will prove that….but it will serve to solidify the ignorant votes that democrats need to win.

Both campaigns are being run by marketing departments and the agenda is set outside the democratic process. What they’ve decided to call centrist, the ground both candidates want to be on, is way too far away from the traditional Republican Party base – i.e. conservatives. After the primary, Obama “changed” himself on several key issues to become McCain and left McCain with really – nothing to run on. It was a reversal of the McCain tactic to define himself early as being so far left as to be in Obama’s space. It’s a personality contest now. Smart move by the Obama campaign – just amazes me that he got away with it. (Oh the irony – Obama would be 4 more years of Bush)

McCain is a senator and his discussion and debate is a mix between things that would work in discussions with other senators and entirely missing opportunities to say something meaningful to the American people because he’s run by his marketing department – just pushing his brand no matter what the question is. It doesn’t help McCain that Obama can be on three sides of the same issue all in the same sentence and completely opposite what he said earlier and fill in the argument gaps by making things up and sounding authoritative and convincing when he does it. Obama reminds me of Johnnie Cochran as portrayed in a South Park episode delivering the Chewbacca defense. Ladies and gentlemen look at this picture of Chewbacca. It just doesn’t make any sense. I don’t make any sense. And it’s working for him. The old white guy doesn’t know how to respond to it. McCain is gonna lose.

I might have enough material to explain once again post 2nd debate how he could win. Not that I’m optimistic that the above pattern will change – but at least in theory – if he got real for a while and engaged in real democratic (small d) thinking – he could win. And if he did that, it would also be a great service to his country.

A prerequisite to becoming the President of the United States is being a good campaigner.

John McCains campaign for the Presidency is one of the worst I have ever seen. John McCain does not have the X Factor. He lacks presence. He lacks charisma. He does not adapt quickly. He does not think on his feet well. His team has no focus and has squandered opportunities to get out some good messages that they own.

John McCain has 35 years on the Senate floor. He has engaged in Senate debates. Yet he is being beaten by a guy with far less experience but who has presence, charisma, and who has a strong campaign team. Even McCains Vice Presidential pick has much better skills as campaigning. She has presence, wit, charisma, and a fighting spirit that shows through and is attractive to people.

John McCain comes off as an old tired man.

And that is not what people look for in their President.