I hope that you are right that McCain's hopes for the presidency are as dead as the fallen leaves in New Hampshire. It is so worrisome to be a poll watcher. Even when Obama is up I don't feel comfortable...always afraid something is going to turn this thing the other way. The thought of a McCain presidency terrifies me, makes me want to leave the country, and would bring on terrible fear that this country will not be able to pull itself up by the boot straps. It is inconceivable that the poll numbers show as close a race as it is. However, after 2000 and 2004, I shouldn't be surprised. It is difficult to feel confident that Americans will see the insanity of giving a Republican yet another shot at destroying our country.

Palin is a blithering, disgusting philistine who has no understanding of the modern world. Her scientific expertise is as medieval as her religious beliefs. She is downright scary and very shallow. McCain's sickening and fatuous pandering to the right wing with her selection is his most unforgivable sin!

I have no pity for Palin and I am not the least bit surprised that her handlers are complaining about her though they should keep this under wraps. Sarah has a history of not playing by the rules. She thinks the rules are for every one else, that she knows what's best...it comes out of her religious fervor and her belief that she knows the will of God. She has a rogue personality, even to the point of flirting with a secessionist organization in Alaska. Why McCain in his dotage would think that she would be any different toward him than her history indicates is big proof of his failure as a candidate. This whole election thing has gone to her head.

Sarah, however, is not to blame for McCain's bleak outlook. McCain, himself, decided to sleep with dogs when he backed Bush's insane war in Iraq, plus he's a selfish, greedy Republican at heart. His latest chant not to share the wealth is a total turn-off. Even with that, he has done much better than can be expected, probably due to there being a great deal of prejudice out there keeping Obama's poll numbers at single digits overall. Otherwise, the Democrat would be running away with this thing.

I have not been impressed with Couric's interviews in total. She goes after people unfairly, blatantly characterizing them, their campaigns, etc. Not that I particularly care now, but when Couric interviewed all the candidates early on in the primaries, she singled out Edwards to give us something negative about himself whereas she had not done that to any of the other candidates on that particular evening. Obviously, Katie didn't like him and it showed. That is not unbiased news behavior, not that Edwards didn't deserve her dislike as we all later found out. Her interview of Elizabeth Dole and her Democratic opponent is another prime example. Katie had nothing but praise for Dole and practically insinuated that the Democrat was being mean and unfair in her campaign tactics. This is meddling, pure and simple.

Because I am completely partisan, I'm glad she exposed Palin's ignorance for everyone to see, but she has been chipping away at Obama this week with less than subtle insinuations that he is taking illegal contributions. All this without one specific incidence of illegal activity being cited...just vague suggestions even though McCain is doing the same thing. However, Obama’s haul is so much bigger than McCain’s, she couldn’t resist trying to level the playing field in my opinion. There was little doubt that Couric felt that Obama campaign contributor, "Doodad," was more suspect than the "anonymous" designation given by the McCain’s campaign to these same kinds of contributions.

At any rate, I don’t believe for one minute that Couric writes her own interviews or has any great input into news content. She is a mouthpiece for CBS and its editors who have their sights set on getting Fox’s viewers. They obviously court the right wing from time to time and I don’t believe it is going to work. Fox viewers will not accept anything but pure bias and CBS has not fallen so low, yet, to outright pander all the time.

There are so many right-wing fire breathers posting on this article. It has to be their final swipe at all of us who are fervently hoping for change in the sickness that has descended on America since Bush came into power. Never have I been more turned off and disgusted with Republican thinking, let alone Bush. It is amusing to read these misplaced comments; how naive they must be to waste their time like this.