Oh what a change a few weeks can make in the political climate.



It seems like it was only last month that we were in the middle of a heated general election contest where Senator John McCain was the Republican presidential hopeful and Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin was his choice of VP and both were attempting claim to the title of maverick in their journey to retake 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue for the Republicans.

Oh wait, that was just last month. Silly me! I guess I got mixed up because just this past Sunday while on ABC’s This Week Senator John McCain seemed to be unsure of his support for the future political ambitions of his former running mate Gov. Sarah Palin.

When asked by George Stephanopoulus if Governor Sarah Palin could count on his endorsement if she were to decide to run for president in 2012, Senator McCain hedged, big time.

"I can't say something like that," Sen. McCain told Stephanopoulus in response to the question. “We've got some great other young governors. I think you're going to see the governors assume a greater leadership role in our Republican Party," he continued before going on to mention the names of other Republican governors like Tim Pawlenty of Minnesota and Jon Huntsman of Utah.

The thing that confuses me most in this surprising scenario is that despite McCain’s insistence in this ABC interview that he has only "the greatest appreciation for Governor Palin and her family’ and his praise for the way Gov. Palin “invigorated our campaign," he simultaneous argues that because his ‘corpse is still warm’ after his failure on the election trail it would be hard for him to support anyone.

Well I would actually debate the opposite. It is precisely because his corpse is warm that John McCain should naturally be supportive of the person who just six weeks ago he asked the country to believe was ready to be his second in command and thereby a heartbeat away from the presidency as they say.

I mean I get that we’re in a new election cycle and no astute politician wants to jump the gun on anything, but John McCain could have given us a bit more than the old “Have no doubt of my admiration and respect for her and my view of her viability" line, don’t you think? I mean it seems he could have promoted that one better if he had really desired to. Especially given the way he launched the Alaska governor onto the national stage with such lavish praise back in September.