Did you ever look at his Senate voting record?  He was a rubber stamp for the far right.  The only thing he hasn't been a rubber stamp was Feingold/McCain(and immigration .. though he is on King George's side on that one).

WIth all due respect, it is not clear what his campaign staff think as we do not know with any degree of certitude whether they were fired for INEPTITUDE given how badly things are going for the campaign or whether they resigned because they saw a sinking ship. The idea that he is not going to do well cause he can't hire staff is poppycock. He had the market cornered on pedigree staff and look what it has got him!

What we do know is that even with all those pedigreed consultants/staff McCain was not doing well so I do not see why we should expect that he will do even worse with new management.

At the very least McCain by shaking up his organization may be able to somehow start over with a smaller, leaner and more focused organization.

We dont know but I do think what we do know is that McCain is staying in the race. Why wouldn't he? Because he has little money? So do many other candidates and McCain gets a ton of free press and can try to shake things up at the debates. He can also lend himself money if he so chooses. He can accept federal funds.

I am sorry but Jonathan Singer's post is just yap yap. No substance. And most posts on this thread are simple "I hate McCain and I am glad" type posts.

Honestly, McCain is not, by the way as has been written here, a media creation. He did spend many years as a POW and he does have far more integrity than almost all other republican senators and MANY democrats and he is a very experienced Senator. To dismiss him as a media creation is lunacy. Take his position on the recent immigration bill. I happen to agree with him. And whether we disagree with him on the war I think it is very easy to be a John Edwards and start the thing and then change your mind and say you made a mistake. It is far more difficult to, if you genuinely believe it, stick to an unpopular position. Now, he is wrong and I don't want him to be elected President but lets face it: of the major republican candidates he would make the best President for our country.

he would have won Kerry the election so yes, as long as Kerry was the president the democratic establishment would have had no problem with McCain.

Yes he was offered it.

Kerry even got Warren Beatty to try to talk McCain in to it.

And he offered him the authority over the Secretary of Defense which shows how stupid Dems can get when they get wrapped in up in
"bipartisanship" or in Hope, INC's case
 "consensus".

The Newsweek book on the last election goes in to detail about this.

No way in hell he would have run in 2012.

His age would be another reason.

It was a stupid idea to begin with.

AlmostasstupidasObamahiringMcCainers.

Idon'tcareifJohnWeaverisa"liberal".

He has no fucking soul. Period.

And Obama already lacks spine.

Sometimes when the netroots "screams" it's for a very good reason.

Obama is already crippled by his constant hype over a "new kind of politics". The two parties disagree about far too much.

Progressive have a great opportunity to turn things around.

Why squander that the way Obama has squandered his ability and become the amazing spineless candidate?

There is a huge difference between building consensus around progressive positions and weakening our position from the get go just to try to get HOPE,INC. in office.

The first time Obama were to do nothing even the slightest bit progressive they will throw in his face his "consensus" BS.

Wake up.

We need leadership not Obaman "everything to everyone" bullshit.

I mean no disrespect at all, please take this in a spirit of constructive criticism:

1) disliking Hillary does not equal right-wing.

2) You refer to the sig as "fascist" when you yourself have "Al Gore is my true leader" in your sig?

3) Fascism is a particular ideology which is neither apparent nor can be deduced from the sig in question.  It would be better for progressives if we didn't use the word 'fascist' every time we see/hear something we dislike.  Good arguments can be made to compare the neocons to fascists, but let's please be precise in our usage.

Exactly.  It's sad that the most lasting image I'll have of him is that goofy smile he gave in the 1st GOP debate this year after his "follow Osama to the gates of hell" spiel.