Abandon ship!

Have you seen John McCain lately? At his rallies and public appearances and such? You can see it in his eyes. He’s tired, he’s disappointed — this isn’t how it was supposed to be. Even his finger quotes are phoning it in. He’s just not feeling it anymore.

And he’s not the only one. At a rally in Florida Saturday, Sarah Palin played to a crowd sporting plenty of pro Palin signs — with nary a mention of McCain in sight. Seems much of the party faithful have written off ’08 as a loss and have started hitching their wagons to Palin for a younger, stronger, folksier 2012 run for the White House. And lo, a hockey mom shall lead them. Just not right now, OK?

Even McCain’s dear populist prop, Joe the Plumber, isn’t returning his calls. At a stop last week, John tried to give Joe a shout-out, but Joe was a no-show. I guess Joe’s got bigger things to worry about now, like what kind of point spread his agent can get him in an album/tour combo deal with Live Nation.



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