GOP Begins Circular Firing Squad Early

7:11 pm EST October 23rd, 2008 | Uncategorized | 7 Comments

This is like Bizarro World. Where the Democrats are the disciplined ones and the GOP is acting out Lord of the Flies.

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The candidate’s strategists in recent days have become increasingly vocal in interviews and conference calls about what they call unfair news media coverage and Barack Obama’s wide financial advantage — both complaints laying down a post-election storyline for why their own efforts proved ineffectual.

These public comments offer a whiff of an increasingly acrid behind-the-scenes GOP meltdown—a blame game played out through not-for-attribution comments to reporters that operatives know will find their way into circulation.

Top Republican officials have let it be known they are distressed about McCain’s organization. Coordination between the McCain campaign and Republican National Committee, always uneven, is now nearly dysfunctional, with little high-level contact and intelligence-sharing between the two.

‘There is no communication,’ lamented one top Republican. ‘It drives you crazy.’

At his Northern Virginia headquarters, some McCain aides are already speaking of the campaign in the past tense. Morale, even among some of the heartiest and most loyal staffers, has plummeted. And many past and current McCain advisors are warring with each other over who led the candidate astray.

One well-connected Republican in the private sector was shocked to get calls and resumes in the past few days from what he said were senior McCain aides – a breach of custom for even the worst-off campaigns.

‘It’s not an extraordinarily happy place to be right now,’ said one senior McCain aide. ‘I’m not gonna lie. It’s just unfortunate.’

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7 Responses to “GOP Begins Circular Firing Squad Early”

  1. Jaim says:
    October 23, 2008 at 7:30 pm

    Awesome. Let ‘em dangle.

  2. Sean D. Martin says:
    October 23, 2008 at 7:41 pm

    And many past and current McCain advisors are warring with each other over who led the candidate astray.

    Astray? That presumes he was ever on a different path.

  3. Sam says:
    October 23, 2008 at 7:46 pm

    I want Obama to win that’s all I care about. Obama makes me feel that I can be all that I want to be. He inspires people. He’s a real leader. McCain is a traumatized POW. He is totally out of it. The idea of him winning stresses me. Palin is an opportunist and will say what they want her to say without even thinking. She doesn’t blink she says. Please people, overcome your racist views and vote Obama for your sake.

  4. Matt says:
    October 23, 2008 at 8:31 pm

    Not with a bang but a whimper.

  5. datadave says:
    October 23, 2008 at 10:11 pm

    We still have to assume it’ll be very close. The racist vote is still big in the southern midwest. Ohio? PA? Still big ones that might get away.

    Watching those young, hopefull people line up to vote in No. Carolina is a joy to see. And they know their vote would be more likely be blocked by longer lines and Republican tactics to prevent voting if they waited ’til election day. Good that they voted now. The Republicans will try to hack and cheat this election every way they can.

  6. Bruce says:
    October 23, 2008 at 11:33 pm

    There’s an upside to the “we need to pour it on” argument, which is that it’s going to be awfully important for President Obama to come in with the score run up as high as possible. The media will be after him from day one, so anything he can do to claim a strong mandate will be more critical for him, especially as a younger president, will matter greatly.

    Yeah, we should run up the score, in part to get the Republicans past the early stages of grief into acceptance, so more stay home – kind of like mental compound interest.

  7. Joe says:
    October 24, 2008 at 1:48 am

    Right on Bruce—-Let the score soar!!!