The Sunday Talk Shows

As you might guess my favorite Sunday talk show is Fox News Sunday. I started watching it when the late Tony Snow was the moderator and continued on with Chris Wallace. They always have two conservative and two liberal commentators on their round table and it gets pretty entertaining. When Bill Crystal and Juan Williams go at it I hear the polar opposite positions of the topic. So when those two agree on anything I expect to see the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse coming across the horizon.

Such was the case this morning. Crystal has been in the tank for McCain since 2000 and, up until this morning was his biggest supporter. However, today his frustration was inconsolable. He spoke of the election and McCain's erratic behavior in the last two weeks as if McCain had already lost it. He seemed genuinely depressed about the prospects of the Republican Party on November 4th. Of course Williams, who has been cheer leading for Obama since he got in the race, was in total agreement with Bill. I expected him to put his arm around him and give him a big hug. Britt Hume just scowled and the horse-faced Maura Liason looked like she was on Quaaludes, both of which were expected responses.

The problem as I see it is McCain is behaving like a desperate man. His October surprise, the financial meltdown looks to be his undoing unless God forbid, we have a terrorist attack between now and the election. All of the fundamentals have been lining up for a Democrat win and the stock market dropping like a rock might be the last straw. His flailing around makes him look like a boxer on the ropes and not the guy that needs to be leading the free world.

Look, I have never liked McCain. Given the choices I will still vote for him. For all of his failings I still believe he would be better prepared for the job than Obama. The fact that these two are the best this country has to offer really depresses me.