I think it’s because McCain is acting like a jerk again, apologizing for being a Republican, it’s all Bush’s fault, instead of taking it to Obama and the libs. Look what Palin conservatism did for the situation...McCain and company are hard headed.
The McCain camp needs to look at what they were doing just a couple of weeks ago, and keep doing THAT, because it was working.
The two biggest problems I see are:
1) Spending too much time reacting to the Obama camp’s attacks on Sarah Palin to the point that sympathy may wear down. They should be moving forward and blazing new trails, and not falling into “Palin is a victim” stuff. Who wants a “victim” as VP? I don’t see her that way, but the McCain camp needs to be careful about handling this matter...in my humble opinion. Perhaps a better way of addressing the smears is making passing, but not nasty, jokes about it in speeches on the campaign trail, but do not make it a focus. Palin is a barracuda, not a guppy. Let’s not lose that.
2) Criticisms should be focused entirely on the Democrats’ policies, not taking shots at the GOP. The “maverick” thing is what pissed off most GOPers; it shouldn’t be overplayed.
I agree, McCain is acting like a jerk again, apologizing for being a Republican, it’s all Bush’s fault, instead of taking it to Obama and the libs...sadly he is prone to a lot of off the cuff junk talk. He has a very able Campaign Staff and a Super VP so hopefully he can recover from the minor gaffes. The Polls...ovey just must not watch!