We’re down to the last eight days of the campaign.  Soon, we’ll see if McCain’s strategy to trick the conservatives into carrying him over the finish line works, or if he loses on principle by creating so many maverick conservatives he can’t possibly win.

Either way, he’s a genius.

For now, he’s going through the motions of putting up a fight against his fellow Democrat Obama.  The concept of ‘dragging him across the finish line’ is still out there in the conservative mediasphere.  Plus, the McCainiacs are now resorting to raw fear.  No one can tell me why the man they believe is Senator Deadweight would be much different than Obama, but I should be scared if Obama is elected.

It all has to do with McCain’s incomprehensibly brilliant plan, of course.  Fear and election burnout are not issues, because he doesn’t think so.  We can take an endless stream of the stuff, and have been for nearly two years.  Why not a little more?

As for me and my beloved yank site?  In eight days, I’ll either be writing McCain’s Maverick Consolation Post, or facing four more years of relevance.  It’s going to be a blast either way.

Stay tuned, fellow maverick supporters.  It’s going to be wild right up until the end.

It’s a beautiful day.  McCain, who made that pesky ordinary conservative Lindsey Graham the wonderful Maverick Mini-Me he is today, is starting to wear down Sarah Palin on amnesty.

She’s not calling it that, of course, but that’s to be expected.  No one who supports amnesty says they do.  They say things like “God’s children” and “humane treatment for undocumented immigrants”.  Fortunately, maverick conservatives like me understand the lingo, and can explain it to those of you who have yet to be yanked into The Way of The Maverick.

Sarah has dipped her big toe into the ocean of maverick adulation I’ll be happy to pour upon her if she becomes like the Master Maverick.  And perhaps, if she becomes maverick enough, someone will start the “YankPalin.com” web site to sing her maverick praises.  Sadly, that won’t be me, because I’m too busy shoveling large brown piles of aromatic maverick adulation onto the Master Maverick to be bothered with lesser politicians.

If you haven’t heard about it already, Colin Powell endorsed Obama for President.

Isn’t it great to know that McCain is inspiring such maverick support that even Colin Powell is following his lead?  Three weeks out of an election, with McCain losing, and Powell just got his maverick on in such a bold way.  I know that McCain, who spent years courting moderates like Powell, will be pleased with the fact he’s finally brought one around to his way of thinking.

It’s an absolutely vintage McCain move for Powell to make.  When the chips are down, hamstring your own team and soak up the press.  The Master Maverick’s incomprehensible brilliance has struck again.