There are many challenges facing the Republican Party with John McCain as their candidate. This elderly man is frequently out of touch with what he's saying, requiring his campaign staff to reconvene the press so they can say their oft repeated line of, "What the Senator meant to say." Then there's the issue of his frequent loss of temper, even publicly directing crude, vulgar, demeaning language at his wife.

As recent as last week he claimed the Iraq war was not about weapons of mass destruction or a clear and present danger to the United States, according to John McCain it was about oil. The deaths of over 4,000 Americans for the benefit of big oil companies seem more like something to feel profound shame about, than boast of it during a campaign speech. Volumes can be written on his wrong assessments of the Iraq war, yet he feels it's something worth continuing 100+ years.

The economy is in a challenging phase, and John McCain has publicly admitted he knows little about economics, but he's indicated he might read a book on the subject. The public's perception of his candidacy is that he represents a third term for the Bush policies that only 28% of Americans approve of. To date, John McCain has made no attempt to challenge that perception.

But perhaps the biggest challenge facing John McCain and the Republicans comes from within. In selecting John McCain as their party's standard bearer, they chose a candidate they can barely tolerate. Yesterday, MsNBC released a story that illustrates that fact.

Of the 248 Republican members of Congress and the Senate, only 37 have actually contributed any financial support, of any amount, to John McCain's campaign. Perhaps the leaders of the Republican Party recognize how futile the effort is, and have simply decided to sit this one out.

When the Democratic candidates appear at rallies, they're campaigning before record numbers of enthusiastic voters. McCain's rallies seem to have all the rah-rah of a funeral. If John McCain can't even excite his party's leaders, and his peers in the Senate and Congress, he's got quite a challenge trying to create enthusiasm with America.

Only 37 out of 248, by any standards that's anemic.

I think Republicans realise they are going to lose this race and are putting forward a semi-realisitic candidate. Party unity over the right candidate. You can see the angle they are coming from, they are hoping they can win the next congress, I think we'll all see a greater energy in the GOP come the congressional elections.

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