With the clock running out on the 2008 presidential race and John McCain sinking like a stone, the excuses for why his campaign has come a cropper are flying fast and furious.
I’ve been collecting them over at Kiko’s House in a daily feature titled “McCain-Palin Trainwreck Excuse du Jour.” Here are synopses and links to the most recent entries:
It’s those uppity Negroes getting all tribal.
He just can’t get any traction with the Bill Ayers story.
He has an appalling lack of judgment.
It’s all about the structure.
It’s the twin curses of George Bush and the economy.
He’s been a failure for a lot longer than this campaign.
Here are some previous excuses: Sarah Palin can’t be controlled; leading Republicans are turning on McCain; Obama is getting off easy because he’s black; McCain’s campaign advisers are a disaster; he’s not a true conservative; GOP class warfare has cost him dearly; and he’s just not comfortable playing the bad guy.
Ahem.