McCain is a lousy "frontrunner."

I don't know what it is about John McCain, but everytime he gets some momentum in a presidential candidacy, he implodes. The Confederate flag in 2000. The campaign collapse when he was considered "the Republican frontrunner" in 2007. Now we have this rash of gambles and mistakes coming about now.

Carly Fiorina off message, "Palin couldn't run a corporation, neither could McCain."

Holtz Eakin saying McCain invented the blackberry and WiFi when McCain self admittedly didn't know how to turn on a computer.

And, of course the unbelievable McCain statement yesterday that "The fundamentals of the economy are strong."

That's three ridiculous sounding soundbites in 24 hours.

I would say there are two things in this. 1) He seems to be a lousy "hands off" organizational manager and his people and message end up all over the place. 2) His campaigns are always better at attacking the other than promoting McCain.

Later: To a lesser degree, add this one. The McCain and Palin stumps right now blast CEO's golden parachutes, like the $45 million Carly Fiorina left with after being run out of HP.