After reversing on debate, John McCain looks like John McCan't - NY Daily News !

[steve2470]

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/2008/09/26/2008-09-26_after_reversing_on_debate_john_mccain_lo.html

OXFORD, Miss. - At a difficult moment in the Vietnam War, crusty Republican Sen. George Aiken of Vermont offered a novel solution - simply declare victory, and leave.

John McCain resurrected Aiken's playbook Friday - except he declared defeat, and left.

The collapse of McCain's Hail Mary intervention capped a tumultuous week which saw the Arizona Democrat's lead over Obama evaporate and his running mate deliver a ragged and at times impenetrable TV interview. With economic jitters playing to traditional Democratic dogma, McCain's Big Mo suddenly reverted to his challenger.

"This is the attention-deficit-disorder campaign," said a bewildered senior Republican operative. "They've had a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad week."

more at link above

Isn't the NY Daily News usually Republican-leaning ?

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[niyad]

1. he should have just left it at "won the debate hands down" ad from yesterday morning and not bother

to show up.

most of the morans wouldn't have known the difference.

[gemlake]

2. Arizona Democat? And what lead?

McCain was behind in the polls at the beginning of the week and fell further behind as the week went on.