...says “Steve G,” as it becomes evident that McCain’s graciousness doesn’t go so far as to tell his campaign staff that trashing his running mate is out of bounds.

More:  Ace wants names.  So does RedState.

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One thing I find curiously liberating is that at least I won’t have to spend the next four years worrying over how to keep a nominally-Republican McCain administration on the straight-and-narrow.

McCain is wrong or luke-warm on so many things:  Immigration, global warming, energy development, the financial meltdown (no Congressional responsibility, eh Senator?).  He’s a typical Senator who can call the scoundrel across the aisle “my esteemed colleague,” and then give up on party principles, saying “it’s the best he could do.”

And he exhibits the curious naivete shared by many beltway Republicans:  That the media is his friend (and that receiving media adulation means you’re doing the right thing). That the Democrats don’t play for keeps.

I had been working on some notes for a Cassandra-style post warning of the coming battles. After eight years of Republican floundering in Washington, I have to say it felt good trashcanning them.

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