SocraticGadfly: Will McCain can Steve Schmidt?

October 13, 2008

Will McCain can Steve Schmidt?

Playing off Drudge, that’s Nate Silver’s guess at FiveThirtyEight.com. He expects a “reboot” of McCain’s campaign sometime before Wednesday.

I see a big tire swing potential for the MSM.

First, McCain won’t actually can or demote him; see Hillary Clinton and Mark Penn for a good example of a pseudo-demotion.

Second, even if he were serious, things like this don’t change elections anyway. The typical voter doesn’t pay that much attention to inside baseball.
Third, Schmuck Talk will fly some other stuff under the radar at the same time.

Third, this will let Schmukie be “all positive” in the debate, then go negative for the last 2.75 weeks of campaigning.
Playing off Drudge, that’s Nate Silver’s guess at FiveThirtyEight.com. He expects a “reboot” of McCain’s campaign sometime before Wednesday.

I see a big tire swing potential for the MSM.

First, Schmidt will be as fired, in reality, as McCain’s campaign was suspended 2.5 weeks ago.

Second, Schmuck Talk will fly some other stuff under the radar at the same time.

Third, this will let Schmukie be “all positive” in the debate, then go negative for the last 2.75 weeks of campaigning.

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