McCain Goes All-in

Use any gambling analogy you want, but John McCain has put all his chips onto the table, decided to double down while the dealer is showing a King, and has taken the ultimate risk. Now, the cards will dictate how the rest of this thing goes.

There are only 39 days left until the big showdown and McCain is like a football team down 14 to begin the 4th quarter. No time for trickeration; you kick the ball deep, hope your defense stops them, and maybe you regain the momentum.

Except, nothing McCain has done in the last 5 months has been a "by-the-book" play. It has worked, but eventually, as always, sound defense wins titles, not a grab bag full of trick plays.

The way I see it is McCain is trying to do one of three things: 1) Delay a debate so the vice-presidential contest never happens. 2) Try to corner Obama into losing his cool. Or 3) McCain (along with the Republican members of congress) wants the Bailout deal to be intentionally delayed so Johnny Mac can come in on his white stallion fix the impasse and save the day.

If McCain is somehow able to make number 3 happen (at least as far as the News Media is concerned), then this desperation three from half court might just work. Think about it, McCain gets the bill signed then arrives at Ole Miss with just a few minutes to spare, debates Obama, then says I cared about the economy. Senator Obama just cares about getting elected, then the whole Obama is just a celebrity comes back into play.

There's still more than a month to go... the shit hasn't even really hit the fan yet.