False outrage only gets you so far in the polls. At some point you have to stand for something other than more wars and fewer jobs. Not that McCain can't catch up. Following the Democratic Convention in 1988, Dukakis had a 17% point lead over Bush-the-father. Dukakis lost. Politics is the art of the possible - anything can happen and everything can change before the game is over. Still, it's good to read that McCain is having problems. More from Joe's buddy, Liz "the Donut" Sidoti at AP:
John McCain calls himself an underdog. That may be an understatement. The GOP presidential candidate trails Democrat Barack Obama in polls, organization and money while trying to succeed a deeply unpopular fellow Republican in a year that favors Democrats.
McCain also doesn't seem to have a coherent message let alone much of a strategy despite securing the nomination three months earlier than Obama....
McCain's troubles are so acute that he recently gave senior adviser Steve Schmidt "full operational control" of the day-to-day campaign and, effectively, scaled back the duties of campaign manager Rick Davis. The shift in responsibilities came after weeks of Republican quibbling that McCain had not adequately made the transition for the fall.
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