Der Alte Erick Erickson the Red has pulled the plug on the McCain campaign, and with it the end of the Conservative movement, and perhaps even the Republican party as well. They're keeping a stiff upper lip, but it's impossible not to hear plangent strains of "Nearer My God to Thee" as the women and children crowd into the lifeboats. Yes, Kossacks, it looks like our bizarro doubles over at RedState have resorted to.... CONTINGENCY PLANS
O, I'm sorry, I meant VIABLE OPTIONS! :D
You really can't say more than this:
With only a few weeks left until election day, let's be blunt: McCain-Palin '08 does not seem to be making headway against the polling. McCain has one more debate in which he could, and we should hope that he does.
At the same time, the Senate and House Republicans are going to get crushed. They just are. You can say the polls are biased. You can say the polls are rigged. But do so at your peril. Ignore the numbers and look at the trends.
The Republican numbers in the House and Senate can be salvaged, but in the next few weeks there must be a realistic assessment from the McCain campaign regarding winning his own race versus helping Congressional Republicans mitigate their losses. In the best case scenario, he should be able to help himself and the Congressional GOP. And that is possible in a number of cases.
Right now it is a necessity that we help as best we can.
DUH-AHM!
Is this more writing on the wall? Generally Reichmarschall Erick is all full of piss and vinegar, but this reads more resignedly.... "my native land, farewell," if you get my drift. Goodbye to my dreams of a Conservative Majority, goodbye to my dreams of prisons and police, goodbye, my dears, goodbye.
What, Erick, no brigades of schoolchildren and nonagenarians to throw at the rampaging hordes of Democrats? No last-ditch stand in the Tiergarten, in the streets, housing block to pulverized housing block.... just a quick retreat into the Bunker and goodnight? No Ragnarok, no Götterdämmerung? Brennt RedState? Erick, we expected more flaming Teutonic grandiosity from you! For shame, Erick, for shame!
Here's his steely envoi to the troops. Churchillian it ain't:
Now, this note is as much for the contributors as it is for you guys, if you want a diary promoted to the front page between now and election day, it must be about the ground game in a race you care about. Even better, tell us all what you are doing to help a candidate.
Gosh, they have to solicit ground-game GOTV-oriented diaries, a veritable industry here at DKos! UNFUCKING BELIEVABLE!
Also note the for-them-high number of 118 comments as of 7ish EST. LOL, this is their GLORIOUS LEADER speaking, and while seemingly all the denizens of Republican TrollLand have come to hear him speak, their number is still well.... small. Trollishly so. A tiny cohort of Trolls, they.
WARNING: I'd advise against scrolling downthread on the RedState link: there's some cloyingly vague hatespeech against Obama that you should spare yourself. They've really been playing in the swamp these last few weeks. Better yet, don't even clickthrough to give them the traffic.... :p
Kisses, Kossacks, kisses! Now get back to whatever it was you were doing, political or otherwise. And don't forget this message from our esteemed rivals, John McCain and Sarah Palin!