BREAKING NEWS

Here's a quote less than an hour old from the usually dreary daytime media coverage at the Republican National Convention:

"This election is not about issues. This election is about a composite view of what people take away from these candidates."

-- McCain campaign manager Rick Davis

Gosh, you mean it's not about spending ten billion dollars a month in Iraq? It's not about the economy? Wait a minute--you mean it's not about drilling?

Seriously: Have we ever seen a Republican Presidential campaign come so swiftly and so comprehensively apart, right in front of us like this?