For those that need a second wind...

I'm not a distance runner, but I know a few things about endurance. And, I'm pretty sure everyone knows the first rule of competing in a long race: Pace Yourself! You might have a lot of energy in the beginning, you might think that adrenaline can carry you, but when you get halfway there and the novelty has worn off, what is going to make you push on? Unfortunately (or fortunately, depending on how you look at it), I did not pace myself for this race. And I know I'm not the only one.

Now, I like to consider myself a die hard politico, but I'm starting to rethink that assessment. In my defense, I had a lot going on in my personal life and with my job, but don't we all? Maybe it was the six week break in which we only heard about Reverend Wright, "guns and bitter", and learned new and different ways Hillary can fudge the math to make it work for her. Those six weeks were the longest of my political life. Nothing changed, but you would have thought that people were battling it out in the polls every night. The talking heads said the same things over and over and over. Luckily, I haven't had a TV for the past seven weeks or so and I've been spared the worst of it (on the flip side, I miss KO like crazy).

And then the races started again. Pennsylvania and Clinton's on the upswing, North Carolina and Indiana put Obama back on top, but can he win the racists and rednecks? (Note: not a particular state, but maybe a particular demographic). And still, nothing's changed. I'm starting to envy the campaign limits of Britain and France.

I think the biggest problem in this campaign is the information itself. Well, not the facts, but the 24-hour news cycle. Or more precisely, the 30 minute news cycle. I had MSNBC on today for about five hours, and except for the Obama speech, the other four hours were the same 20-30 minutes of news rehashed over and over. Enough already! If there's no news, don't pretend that there is. It just makes the TV stations look like morons (or they already are and it's showing) and it frustrates the crap out of Americans. Or, even better, report on the rest of the world. Americans are, for the most part, largely ignorant of the geography of anything past North America. Let's branch out and see what's going on with the other 5.7 billion people on this planet. Oh, that's depressing? Poverty, genocide, and famine? Better turn back to Clinton and Obama.

But, if I could thank one person for making me come back day after day, I'd have to thank John McCain. Almost more than I want a Democrat to win, I want John McCain to lose. I want him to lose embarrassingly. I want him and the rest of his Republican neo-con liars to go down in flames at the hands of 'We the People." I want Americans to stand up and say "Hell no I'm not voting for a lying, hypocritical, old fool who doesn't know crap about the economy and tries to pass off a corporate health care plan under which even he wouldn't be covered! Hell no I'm not voting for a man that didn't vote for Bush but now kisses his ass daily! Hell no I'm not voting for more of the same failed policies! But, mostly, I'm not voting for you because I do actually love America, and not just those with money. Hell no John McCain!"

So, thank you John McCain for reminding me every day of what we're fighting for in this election. I may not have paced myself, but you are the wind on my back, pushing me to victory. We are running away from your failed policies and towards One America!

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He hasn't broken 80 percent in ANY primary since becoming the presumptive nominee. Ron Paul and Mike Huckabee have sucked 25 percent or more of the Republican vote CONSSTENTLY even after Huck dropped out. McCain's pulled just 76/77/74/73 in the last four contests (WV/IN/NC/PA respectively). ONLY in PA was Paul, the only viable contender, in the number two slot. The first primary after Huckabee ended his bid and endorsed McCain, McCain drew only 55 percent of Republican votes and Huckabee STILL got 29 percent of them.

Tonight on Abrams' show he pointed out that he fired yet another lobbyist today, is fundraising with the least popular president in almost ever and has totally lost it on defense. What more can one say.

But, still for some reason, he's polling only about 4 points behind any Dem. It's mind-boggling to me, really.

And, on another note, I hope they put Huck in the VP slot. It'll shore up his support from the fundies and neo-cons, but it will totally alienate the middle and independents. Seems like a good plan to me...

He's only four points behind because there are still two choices on our side. Once that clears out, it won't even be close.

As for Huck, I used to really like him but his NRA stunt soured me on him. I don't think they can afford him (beyond his misfired joke) because he is considered too socially unconservative and a tax and spend, big government "liberal". But if those things are true, I am one happy camper if they select him as VP!!

I expect a jump once our process is finalized.

On the VP note, I can't think of a single Repub that would appeal to the middle and the far right AND who would be willing to run with McCain. The Repubs are in a hard spot, no doubt about it (and I'd like to keep them there, too).

and I can't wait to see McCain debate our nominee.