Has McCain given up?

Conservatives seem to think so.

They hate the choice of Sarah Palin. Hate it with passion and fire of 1,000 suns. Tim Pawlenty and Mitt Romney feel used. His age has just become a factor again (a.k.a. It's someone who was mayor of a tiny Alaskan town not more than two years ago, and McCain has a 1 in 3 shot of not making it two terms). And you know what? The inexperience of Obama, such as it is also goes out the window. All politics is local, but the Mishagoes of South Ossetia are a whole other animal than Wasilla, Alaska.

But I'll call it like I see it. It's a cynical play to regain some of that Maverick luster that he once had. It would be an inspired choice, if she wasn't so flawed in the vetting process. And no, I'm not talking about inexperience. I'm not even talking about her James Dobson sort of Republicanism, which only an idiot Democrat would support.

It's been proven that she's attempted to use her political influence to fire an Alaskan State Trooper in a bitter custody fight with her sister.

An unethical Republican? I am shocked. SHOCKED!