Pessimism, with and without attribution

Providing the perfect counterpoint to my post yesterday on “Optimism, with and without attribution” with respect to McCain’s prospects in the coming campaign, today’s New York Times gives us Adam Nagourney’s “Worries in GOP about McCain camp disarray.” Adam Nagourney is not the reporter I would choose for a briefing on the state of the McCain campaign, but the article is worth reading worth reading. The article only touches on the serious challenges confronting the McCain, including the enormous disparities in money, organization and enthusiasm between the McCain and Obama campaigns. In that sense, Nagourney understates the case for pessimism regarding McCain’s prospects.