The chorus of “unleash the real McCain”, including today McCain’s brother Joe, is simply fantasy — his supporters cannot believe that the real McCain has been seen and is being rejected, writes Guy Rundle.
Internations
Guy Rundle: Rundle08: We’ve seen the real and fake McCain — voters don’t like either
Crikey / Guy Rundle / Wednesday, 15 October 2008
Guy Rundle: Rundle08: Palin elevates Springsteenian hardship
Crikey / Guy Rundle / Monday, 13 October 2008
What Springsteen sang of as deprivation, Palin et al have elevated – via her hapless daughter – to the level of myth, and good.
Rundle 08: Guitar shaped pools and Grand Ole Opry country
Crikey / Guy Rundle / Tuesday, 7 October 2008
For the McCain campaign, the fact that they’ve gone back to the Bill Ayers material, stuff flogged to death during the primary season, is a sign of utmost desperation, writes Guy Rundle from Nashville.
Guy Rundle: Rundle08: The anarchists more organised than the GOP
Crikey / Guy Rundle / Tuesday, 2 September 2008
It was noon, and the major protest rally, ten thousand strong, was just starting to move from the park spread beneath the gold-tipped Capitol dome, writes Guy Rundle.
Guy Rundle: Rundle08: Is the world ready for a Peterman-Elaine presidency?
Crikey / Guy Rundle / Monday, 1 September 2008
The choice of Sarah Palin as John McCain’s running mate is an attempt to punch through, to change the terms of the the contest. It has got early results, writes Guy Rundle.
DNC speakers: Caroline Kennedy
Crikey / Monday, 25 August 2008
Since her daughter convinced her to join the cult of Obama, the quiet achiever of the Kennedy family has stepped out of the shadows and into the spotlight to send Barack to the White House.
Guy Rundle: Rundle08: Agonisingly slow, boring VP striptease continues…
Crikey / Guy Rundle / Friday, 22 August 2008
Everything about this is the Obama campaign at it worst — meaningless symbolic tech wonkery (the text message thing), making it all about the process rather than the content, and ultimately giving John McCain another few days of policy-free days, writes Guy Rundle.
