That comment of McCAin should dog whoever is the Veep pick. Ask that person over and over and over whether he/she thinks Obama "wants to lose the war".

It was stupid beyond belief for McCain to have made that remark, because now there's no way of wriggling out from under it. Making reprehensible remarks should be left to surrogates.

It was a despicable comment, but might prove to be a gift to the Obama campaign in the long run.

It will only be a gift to the Obama campaign if McCain or his VP (which Crist wants to be) repeats this attack.

With the McCain campaign in such disarray, he can let his surrogates peddle these attacks, then personally repudiate them after. I think Charlie Crist considers himself more of a potential-VP than a true, attack-dog surrogate. That's why he won't peddle this attack, because it could haunt him when he (wishfully) becomes McCain's VP nominee.

But Crist has got no chance of being the VP nominee. If Tom Ridge is out because of questions over his abortion stance, then Crist is definitely out over questions about his sexuality. He IS a Republican.

He's clearly not on the short-list. I say his engagement ends quietly around September 30th.

You could see Crist smirk every time the commentator was going back to ask him the question.

What's this talk of McCain wanting to talk about the issues? His last four ads are all about attacking Obama, not about the issues. Does he think because he slips in an issue in the last five seconds of an ad it becomes an issue ad?

This is becoming a pretty strong McCain news day. I don't think Crist handled himself badly and the commentator repeated 5-6 times "McCain says Obama wants to lose the war" - so that's a win in establishing that meme.

Sheesh. He responded at the end by saying "who knows whether Obama wants to win this war". He is basically saying YES! Gimme a break. It reminds me of Hillary's comment about him being a Muslim and responding "not as far as I know". They are all slander. He refuses to say what is obvious, that Obama does not want to lose this war. He leaves it open so that those viewing come to the conclusion that he believes it is true but can't flat out say it.

Why are people lauding this fool with saying that he refused to agree while leaving it open beats me? Listen to his last comment, he leaves the question open by saying he doesn't know, he HOPES not and WHO KNOWS about if he wants to lose this war. Grotesque and pathetic.

Yeah, Crist is really heroic: "I have no idea. I would hope not" IS AN INSULT. THOSE WORDS ARE THEMSELVES AN INSULT TO BARACK OBAMA.

That sounds just like the creepy slime that oozes out of Lieberman's mouth all the time. "Gee, I don't know if he's a satanist. I would hope not." Oh, gee, golly-gosh, I'm just an innocent senator. What do I know of such worldly matters? He may hold black masses, but, gee, I've never witnessed one.

Crist spouts and embraces innuendo and you talk like he's some kind of hero. What--have you got some kind of tin ear for phony, patronizing insults?

You've got the framing issue exactly right, Mercer. Obama is subjected to the sort of scrutiny no man could handle while McCain just skirts by.

Why won't someone in the media ask McCain about getting in fist fights with republican congressmen or calling his wife a c*nt in front of reporters?
Why does the media constantly refer to Obama as an elitist when the McCains are 50x as wealthy?

"MSNBC's Joe Scarborough, to his credit, pressed Crist at least three times on whether he agrees with the notion that Obama wants to lose the war"

only 3 times?

(Joe Scarborough is MSNBC's Eddie Haskell.)

I thought Crist was supposed to be a decent guy who was also a closet homosexual. Based on that interview, I get no reading on either my Gaydar or my decency meter ... just a run-of-the-mill hypocritical, lying sack of crap.

The GOPs are running scare right now

Charlie Crist had better tread lightly lest he lose the support he has in the black community. I cannot stand him--he is a sleazy republican.

Tell me Senator McCain, do you remember exactly how many times your captors attached those high-voltage electrodes to your head, and is that why you think torturing prisoners is OK?

Because honestly, Sir, there seems to be some lingering effect. For instance, most people running for President don't call their multi-millionaire wives c**ts in front of reporters, if at all. And for someone on the appropriations committee for Afghanistan, I'd expect you to know it doesn't share a common border with Iraq.

And I don't mean to be disrespectful, but medical advice isn't disrespectful; it's out of care and concern for your welfare that I suggest you had better get a CAT scan because I think you have early-onset dementia which could indicate an embolism. Or it might merely mean you have been getting into Cindy's Percoset again.

I was at the rally in Berlin. It was'nt only Germans there. There were THOUSANDS of AMERICANS there as well. How do we know this? We know this because Democrats Abroad was running voter registration tables . We ended up registering over a thousand expats and their children.

I would have to say that the highlight of the day for me was when I called out a "faux" news reporter ....the entire time he was doing his live broadcast! Needless to say he had to stop many, many times! People around me asked me who he was , when I told them, hundreds of others joined in! Candi Crowley laughed her ass off!!

He tried to have me removed from the press area. Problem was, I was there with my camera team from Swiss National Television. my crew filmed him telling me to shut up! It was fantastic! He finally went back on the air AFTER THE RALLY! But peace was nowhere to be found! I stalked him. This time I was a silent protester! I mouthed the words " fixed news" as I was standing behind him!

I am sure he and "faux" news really hate Germany now!

I admit it was not very professional of me, and seeing that I was there as a journalist and not as the co-chair for Baracks Campaign in the German Region of Switzerland; I just could not help myself! It was so wrong , but by golly it felt soooooo good! The devil made me do it! ;)