Well, you can’t blame the old guy for trying!

Introducing the new and improved John McCain

McCain 2.0

Yes, the Senator appears to be much more self-assured, a new twinkle in his eye, a certain briskness in his step. It’s a John McCain we’ve never witnessed before. Could it be that though someone is injecting him with performance-enhancing steroids?

Actually, we have Republican campaign consultant Brett O’Donnell to thank for improving the old guy’s speech and performance. Yes, it has been O’Donnell’s monumental task to make McCain’s appearances more appealing to those who have thus far been bored out of their skulls by his meandering style. Additionally, former FOX News producer, Greg Jenkens has been brought in to improve the production and staging of McCain’s campaign events. He has the task of transforming McCain’s appearance into a major newsworthy event. Now, every time we witness a McCain event, we expect him to break out into song and dance, walk up a spiraling staircase amidst a chorus of Busby Berkeley dancers (from his era).

Kinda like putting lipstick on a pig!

However, the McCain make-over isn’t going over well with some of the old-timers.

Mike Murphy, described as a longtime McCain friend and media adviser, told the newspaper. "They need to just let McCain be McCain."

But, wasn’t that the problem?

Now, if only he could learn to tell the truth and get his facts straight! Oh, well, guess it comes with age.

He can dance around the issues!

What's going to be interesting is to see how long his wholesale reinvention of himself can go before the mainstream media finally catches up and stops praising his straight-talking authenticity. The guy has swapped the lion's share of his political beliefs, over the past eight years, and has even swapped out his religion for a more politically expedient one. If he adds to that remaking his entire political style, with newfangled Hollywood adronments, at some point even the cretins who run the establishment press are going to have to realize what a phony he is. John McCain is a hollowed out man.

Arkady:

What's going to be interesting is to see how long his wholesale reinvention of himself can go before the mainstream media finally catches up and stops praising his straight-talking authenticity. The guy has swapped the lion's share of his political beliefs, over the past eight years, and has even swapped out his religion for a more politically expedient one. If he adds to that remaking his entire political style, with newfangled Hollywood adronments, at some point even the cretins who run the establishment press are going to have to realize what a phony he is. John McCain is a hollowed out man.

I think it's a sign of desperation in his campaign, especially since the odds are in Barack's favor. (See "Obama's Odds"