Red State solemnly informs us that John McCain needs to run an "insurgent campaign" because:
Everyone believes that Barack Obama is a rock star and if Hillary Clinton overtakes him, she will be viewed as a rock star given her potential to become the first female President. McCain, an old white guy, will never get that kind of treatment....
It is true that old white guys make shitty rock stars, but that doesn't mean there aren't quite a lot of them gadding about. Anyway, it is just too bad the amount of oppression old white guys have to deal with nowadays. They're not allowed to be in charge of anything anymore!
In comments over there, it is asserted that the MSM is united against McCain and that he will never get a fair shake from the media because they don't like him. But by and large there is not a lot of enthusiasm for St John, so this complaint doesn't get the old resentful rightwing juices flowing like it used to.
It will be interesting I suppose to have an election where the "MSM liberal bias!" guff from Wingnuttia is neutralized by the fact that in McCain we have an obvious media darling. This alone -- the idea that the GOP candidate can't effectively run against the media -- seems to be already causing a lot of cognitive dissonance amongst the wingnut rank and file. I'm sure they'll come up with some ludicrous work-around well before November but right now it's fun to watch.