Republicans Increasingly Attack Each Other

I remain optimistic that Obama will pull off the election and save the country from four more years of the failed Bush/McCain economic plan. However, I will not relax until November 5th when I know the outcome for certain. In the interim, it is becoming increasingly entertaining watching conservative pundits and other members of the GOP attack one another and/or jump ship as it increasingly appears that the Party is going to founder after hitting the same iceberg as John McSenile and Bible Spice Palin. With numerous conservatives announcing that they intend to vote for a Democrat for the first time in their lives, the fruitcake lunatic Party base continues to engage in deranged prayers such as the following:

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I would also pray, Lord, that your reputation is involved in all that happens between now and November, because there are millions of people around this world praying to their god — whether it’s Hindu, Buddha, Allah — that his opponent wins, for a variety of reasons. And Lord, I pray that you will guard your own reputation, because they’re going to think that their god is bigger than you, if that happens. So I pray that you will step forward and honor your own name with all that happens between now and election day.

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Somehow, I seriously doubt that God is finding much honor in the lies, racial bigotry and hate mongering that have become the principal hallmarks of the McCain/Palin campaign. Meanwhile, who served as political director for President Reagan, is tearing apart McCain's campaign. Here are some highlights from CNN (Note how Rollins links McCain to lobbying class even though McCain pretends that Obama is the one with such ties):

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A campaign at war with itself cannot fight its opponent effectively. We have seen two major campaigns this year that could be described as internally divided -- Sen. Hillary Clinton's losing primary campaign and now Sen. John McCain's general election effort. And while chaos and disarray reigned supreme in Sen. Barack Obama's opponents' campaigns, the steady, disciplined and strategically driven Obama campaign marches forward toward likely victory.

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In the end, it's not relevant who holds what title in the McCain operation, because it is not being run by campaign professionals, but by the Washington lobbying class. And no one seems to be in charge, least of all the candidate. The end result is a campaign suffering from "schizophrenia." John McCain is saying one thing on the stump, his running mate another. But the worst sin is that his advertising campaign is incoherent and putting out multiple and inconsistent messages. What McCain and his campaign need to understand is that whatever happened in the past is no longer relevant.

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Attacking Obama for his association with Bill Ayers . . . The problem is that few voters care about what happened 40 years ago when in the last few weeks they have seen their savings and retirements and possibly their jobs and homes going up in flames. If you don't talk to voters about their concerns they will not spend one minute listening to you in the closing days of a campaign. Government is not working. President Bush's leadership has failed the country and Congress has not done much better. How are you going to be better? That's the question voters want answered.

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Accept Obama's challenge issued last week: "The American people aren't looking for someone who can divide this country. They're looking for somebody who will lead this country." Tell us how you will lead this country through the greatest crisis we have faced in modern times. And Sen. McCain, remember your own words of last week about Obama: "He's a decent family man -- citizen -- that I just happen to have disagreements with on fundamental issues." Tell us what those disagreements are. Then, at least voters can make their final choices on things that matter to them now.