Politico, and McCain being 'desperate'

Politico got slammed this week by its readers for printing "6 things Palin pick says about McCain".
The number one thing they wrote?

He’s desperate.

Apparently, I'm not the only Republicans that took offense to that. Politico was surprised to find their inbox filled with e-mails of protest.

I'd like to think that the reporters took this to heart. But judging from the e-mails that they picked (which seem to be a collection of the poorest e-mails ever written) I don't think that they're thinking was swayed.

Its annoying that they insinuate that those who e-mailed them were activists. (I almost did, but had to run at the time.) But its more annoying that they don't seem to get why people were angry with their presumptions.

Since I didn't write it there, I'll write it here.
McCain was only trailing by a few points, in the polls, behind Obama when he picked Palin. That's hardly the time to be desperate. This was despite the fact that Obama's been getting the vast majority of the press coverage.

If anyone should be in a desperate situation, it should be Obama.
He's lost ground over the past month, and can't seem to seal the deal. Seldom has a lovefest between a candidate and his press existed like that between Obama and the MSM. Yet, the poor guy can't top 50% in the polls.

And this poll from Zogby suggests that its a dead heat. 47% for Obama, 45% for McCain. Moreover, according to that poll, 52% of the electorate feels that Palin will help McCain's chances.

CNN puts Obama at 49%, and McCain at 48%.

This poll by Rassmussen says:

Palin Makes Good First Impression: Is Viewed More Favorably than Biden

They break the numbers down further.

Palin earns positive reviews from 78% of Republicans, 26% of Democrats and 63% of unaffiliated voters.

The unaffiliated numbers are the really great ones. Those are the ones that McCain would love to tie down.

So if this move by McCain was 'desperate', it worked desperately well.