Can anyone survive the tongue lashing given to John McCain by David Letterman last night? OMG!!! But McCain deserved it. I mean, the guy has absolutely no credibility left with anyone. He is proving himself to be a shameless liar. I mean, he cancelled his long scheduled appearance on Letterman saying that he had to rush off to Washington to save the economy. He forgot to tell Letterman that he was stopping off at Katie Couric's studio for a quick interview on the CBS evening news. Hah! He should have known it was the same network. I mean, McCain couldn't have looked like more of an idiot.

But, McCain is not going to be able to easily shake his statement that the economy is still fundamentally strong, which he made just about a week ago after the Lehman Bros. bank failed. His actions today only made things worse. If he skips the debate, he might as well concede the election. It really does bring his judgment into question. And now, the latest news is that he peeled off a number of conservative House Republicans to oppose a "bailout" package that had been negotiated all day. I can't imagine the news shows in the morning are going to give McCain much good. That's because he's hiding Palin and the press is getting tired of it.

So, McCain lets Couric interview Palin. It was pretty embarassing, really. Palin is..uh..not knowledgable or articulate. And Couric wasn't even that tough! Geez, if she can't get by that pretty soft interview, what is she going to do on a heard interview? And then Bob Schieffer, CBS News long timer and host of Face the Nation, reported that the scuttlebutt was that McCain really wanted to get the vice presidential debates stopped, because he is terrified about what is going to happen. After listening to both of Palin's interviews, I think his terror is justified.

Obama has got to step up. And he can't make change if he thinks he's going to be everything to everyone. He's got to stake out his position and go for it. Hopefully he can. If he can't, then our country is in pretty bad shape.