Progressive radio show host Ed Schultz has spoken to folks inside the McCain campaign, and there’s a serious meltdown over Palin:
McCain Camp insiders say Palin “clueless”
Capitol Hill sources are telling me that senior McCain people are more than concerned about Palin. The campaign has held a mock debate and a mock press conference; both are being described as “disastrous.” One senior McCain aide was quoted as saying, “What are we going to do?” The McCain people want to move this first debate to some later, undetermined date, possibly never. People on the inside are saying the Alaska Governor is “clueless.”
Of course this should be an attempt to lower expectations if/when the veep debate occurs, but given her recent performances (scoring a perfect -100 on every interview), I tend to believe this is real panic. And if that isn’t enough, you can’t get a more scorching indictment of Sarah Palin than this one, by Kathleen Parker at the National Review, of all places. Read some of the damning column below the fold.