My Theory Confirmed
Last night I posited the following:
Apparently my theory is catching on. Here's Jason Zengerle at TNR:
The more I look at what happened today, the more I think it was all an elaborate attempt to stem the fallout from the truly disastrous interview Sarah Palin taped this morning with Katie Couric. . .The additional clip from that interview that was released today only confirms my suspicion. It's truly painful to watch.
I think the McCain campaign knew the Couric interview would be a disaster as soon as it was done taping and spent much of the day frantically trying to think of a way to push it out of the headlines. The clincher for me is the fact that McCain cancelled his Letterman appearance at the last second and instead sat down for an impromptu interview with, of all people, Katie Couric. The hope was to bump the Palin interview even on the CBS Evening News, which otherwise would have hyped and teased the Palin interview all afternoon and used it to lead the broadcast. Instead, CBS devoted most of its coverage to McCain and played segments of the Palin interview almost as an afterthought. Mission accomplished.
Apparently my theory is catching on. Here's Jason Zengerle at TNR:
Maybe this is all a ploy to draw attention away from Palin's disastrous interview with Couric (which, thanks to McCain going on Couric's show last night, had to be shown over two nights).And Michael Crowley, also at TNR:
A savvy reader's theory:Parallel thinking I guess.They taped the CBS interview [between Couric and Palin] in the morning. They got the readout from the staffer about how terrible it was (that poor, poor person). They had the poll numbers and the Rick Davis story: *Bingo*, let's postpone the Friday debate and do it the day of the VP debate. And let's have the VP debate... the day after never?This squares with another person who noted to me that McCain did just one interview yesterday--and it happened to be with the same network that had already spoken to Palin that day. Odd concentration of resources, no? And indeed, I watched the top of yesterday's CBS Evening News and it was all McCain, no Palin. It's possible the real story is percolating fear at McCain HQ that Palin's stock may be headed the way of Lehman Brothers.
posted by A.L. at 4:39 PM
5 Comments:
Jumpin' yimminy. I guess we all have to start using Rhythm Logic.
OMFG these people could actually be in charge of it all.
I think you hit the nail on the head here. McCain's MO has always been to take dramatic rash action whenever he senses something is not going his way.
McCain's selection of Palin was a rash move to distract attention away from Obama's historic acceptance speech.
Now we have McCain rashly deciding to lie to Letterman about needing to catch a plane to Washington so he can sit down for an impromptu interview with Katie Couric and announcing a suspension of the campaign as an attempt to distract attention away from Palin.
I wonder what McCain will do when he decides he needs to distract attention away from his ridiculous behavior over the last day and a half?
Plain's response to the question about Russia was beyond inarticulate ... it was incoherent. She could not even form a sentence properly and came across as an airhead. Or maybe she needs another incantation to dispel witchcraft. It has been clear in her various interviews that there is no depth or detail behind any of her positions. It's all superficial beliefs with no supporting facts or logic. They will ever allow her to participate in a debate.
I'm sure you are right that this is part of McCain's current erratic game of putting hand on heart to serve country first then spoiling the bailout. That leads to economic disaster and permanent crisis that demands his attention, hence no debates. I do think he's also truly stuck on the regulation issue. He was against it forever, for it last week, now realizes his radical base is against it.
Yep, I think you have nailed it. The McCain campaign seems to be coming apart at the seams these days. One wonders who is in charge. I seems nobody. Everybody seems to be shooting from the hip and stepping all over each other. It's a train wreck, and I think the debates go to Obama before they have even begun. McCain is running scared, but I think he dare not miss them tonight, much as he desperately wants to.
From Ed Schultz:
"Capitol Hill sources are telling me that senior McCain people are more than concerned about Palin. The campaign has held a mock debate and a mock press conference; both are being described as "disastrous." One senior McCain aide was quoted as saying, "What are we going to do?" The McCain people want to move this first debate to some later, undetermined date, possibly never. People on the inside are saying the Alaska Governor is "clueless."
I think that corroborates A.L.'s theory. She is beyond "clueless."
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