RIP GOP

The tone of the BBC election panel has turned to a post-mortem on Mr McCain's campaign already. Even though he seems to have avoided a trouncing, the pundits have begun to bury rather than praise him, thereby preparing the way forward for the death of the current incarnation of the Republican party, and exposing its carcass to the circling wolves of left and right. Or perhaps, right and middle. Or maybe right and far right. Are we being unfair to the cuddly wing of the Republicans, I wonder?