Election Night HQ

A remarkably cogent and detailed analysis of the strategic dilemma facing the McCain campaign is offered in New York Magazine’s John Heilmann’s article, “Missing McCain?”.  Heilmann writes with complete candor and frankness in terms of the scenarios offered, along with a basically sympathetic view toward the candidate and the predicament in which he now finds his campaign.
An excerpt:

The speed and severity of […]

The Washington Post ran this Reuters story: “Can John McCain Live to Fight Another Day?”
Here’s the lead:

The plight of Republican Sen. John McCain’s campaign for U.S. president conjures up all sorts of mixed metaphors: On a wing and a prayer, teetering on the brink, one foot in the grave, down to his last bullet.

Can he […]

The Wall Street Journal offers an analysis of the McCain “burn rate” - at 86.6%, it was the highest of the major candidates on either side -  and the decision-making process in the following article:

The records cast new light on spending squabbles that have rocked the campaign over the past few months, as the candidate has burned […]

Time’s Ana Marie Cox - writing on The Swampland blog - draws the following conclusion on Monday, per the departure of the McCain media team, in a post titled McCain Comm Team Says Okaithnxbai:

“But: The press shop of McCain ‘08 just quit. I’m told the departures were amicable — more in sorrow than in anger, etc. […]

As anticipated, the flood of McCain staff resignations continued on Monday.  To the campaign’s credit, when multiple media reports of the impending departures were published on Monday, NH press secretary Jill Hazelbaker declined to comment on their accuracy.  There were also no comments from any other press office within the campaign, so the campaign tacitly […]