"The One"

I am by nature a suspicious person, seeing the dark arts lurking behind every bit of good news. So I am extremely nervous when I see this level of ineptitude in the McCain campaign.

“It is what it is,” Mr. McCain said with a hint of exasperation at the side of the first President Bush, who acknowledged that he, for one, was “a little jealous” of all the commotion over Mr. Obama’s trip this week to Europe and the Middle East.

Mr. McCain’s comments were mild compared with the bleak mood and frustration on the part of his advisers, who have taken to referring to Mr. Obama sarcastically as “The One” and railing against the large amount of coverage Mr. Obama is receiving compared with Mr. McCain.

“There is nothing you can do about it,” said an acerbic Mark Salter, one of Mr. McCain’s closest advisers, while standing at the back of a modest crowd assembled to hear Mr. McCain speak at a picnic in South Portland, Me. “ ‘The One’ went to Europe and homage must be paid.”

Maybe it's because "The One (and how stupid is it to let the press in on the fact you've conferred such a title on your opponent)" is in Iraq and Afghanistan, surrounded by American military commanders, while your candidate is standing in a picnic ground in Maine. Alongside George H.W. Bush, whose views on invading Iraq sharply differed from McCain.

All you can say is, "Wow." And to think this is all because of McCain's taunting.

Are they even trying?