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John McCain has three months to embrace, espouse and take ownership of a large and compelling national vision, instead of directing his sharpest arrows all at Obama and whining about press coverage.

I wonder if he and former President George H.W. Bush talked about this in their golf cart ride in Kennebunkport. ...

Signs of a widespread Republican rebellion, which could unhorse the GOP congressional leadership, are showing up across the country. But two questions about the uprising will be crucial to the party's future: Who would take the place of current leaders in the House and Senate and what will the effect be on the candidacy of John McCain?

Keep an eye on former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee. Although he quit his long-shot race for the GOP nomination last night and endorsed John McCain, he's not about to disappear. And he may well be just the healer the fractured GOP needs. 

The New York Times story on John McCain's links with a female lobbyist will have an impact on the nomination fight...but not the one you'd expect.

 

Whatever you think of the merits of the story or the related piece in The New Republic, the immediate impact is to rally the conservative right FOR McCain.