Hey, Mr Schmidt -- is that a white flag in your pocket? Or are you just glad to see me?

Sunday, Oct. 26, 2008 13:21 EDT

Quote of the day

John McCain's top strategist, Steve Schmidt, trying to keep young campaign aides from losing hope, according to the Washington Post's Michael Shear: "Being part of an effort that fails does not make you a loser; it makes you a competitor. What makes you a loser is curling up into the fetal position at a time of adversity. The only thing that would ever define anyone as a loser is to quit before it is over."

Amazing, Schmidt doesn't even realize what he said --
in essence, to say that IS curling up.

But what he's really doing is what they're ALL doing on that side, fix the blame because they can't fix the campaign, point a finger at someone (ANYONE) for the loss (Sarah Palin, Keith Olbermann, the Liberal Press in general, a great Left-Wing Conspiracy, even former boss Karl Roverer) -- but whoever gets the blame, the message is simple (in playground terms):

"NOT MY FAULT!! HIS (or HER) FAULT!!"