October 24 at 5:59PM
John McCain's Gang of 15
As you've heard, John McCain has reportedly staked his entire campaign on a long-shot comeback in Pennsylvania. How's that going so far?
Apparently McCain drew less than 500 people to a rally in suburban PA two days ago. Then he went to Western PA and flubbed the attack lines against John Murtha's comments so that the sound bite was completely incoherent.
On Monday he drew crowds of about 2000, then 15 people at an airport rally (yes, that is correct–no zeros), and then his third rally of the day was described as "sparsely attended."
Ouch. But you know, the problem might not be McCain himself so much as his choices of venue.
He could really learn a lesson from Sarah Palin in that department:
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Update from my friend in Chicago this afternoon: he says they're planning a huge Obama rally in Grant Park on Election Night. They're expecting over 1million people!! Ho-ly crap.
Maybe Obama draws these huge crowds 'cause huge crowds of people like him. Just a thought.
This has gotten embarassing has it not. This guy was an American hero. Now the daily question is what caliber gun will he use today to shoot himself in the foot. He has to be blowing it on purpose, fearing the prospect of taking over a ship so badly damaged by Bush mismanagement that he cannot possible keep it afloat. His strategy is flawless.
Beaver Hunting. Cheerst and Robuck…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EwWR7uB89Ms
CBS News's John Bentley reports on the New Mexico rally for McCain, today, "The problem for the McCain campaign is that less than 1,000 people heard him make this argument at his rally here, compared with the 40,000 that are expected to greet Barack Obama when he arrives in town this evening. "
Oh, and that 'argument' he made to the crowd? It was a summary list of things that John McCain styles himself as knowing. “I’m a fellow westerner, I understand these issues, I understand land and water and Native American issues and border issues and I understand the challenges that a great, great western states face with our growth and our needs and our challenges,” McCain said. “Sen. Obama has never been south of our border, you know that? And he doesn’t know these issues. I know them, I know what the southwest is, I know the strength and the culture of our Hispanic culture and the strength of our great states.”
He doesn't seem to want to tell us exactly what he knows about these things, but you can take his word for it – he knows.
I once drew a crowd of more than 15 people when I gave a political speech on campus. Not to get too big for my britches, but maybe I should run for higher office. http://straighttalkonmccain.blogspot.com/
HELLO…HELLo…HELlo…HEllo…Hello…hello. ECHO…ECHo…ECho…Echo…echo… It's not crowded in here.
Erm, uh John, Those were TSA workers. Weren't you a little curious when they asked you to take off your shoes?
McCain just figured he'd have a huge crowd if showed up in Intercourse, but he took a wrong turn and ended up in Blue Ball.