Appealing to the base

Unfortunately, it's the wrong one.

If you missed the O'Reilly interview of McCain last night, here's a clip where he promises virtually no help on increasing oil supply while waiting for the elusive next energy source to be developed in who knows how many years. No drilling in ANWR, and leaving production off shore up to the states - which is about the same as saying no drilling considering the constituencies involved.

I guess all we can hope for is that gas prices won't go up as much under McCain as they would under Obama. Big whoop.

Well, at least he'll give us border enforcement first, right? Um, no. Keep watching as he falls back on his comprehensive reform lines. I wouldn't be surprised if his poll numbers plummet ten points after this performance.

And folks are raising the specter of McCain losing his bearings. Shame it's not true, I think that might be preferable to his current lucidity.

Can't we get a mulligan on the primaries?

Update: While I'm loath to validate a trackback blackballing site, credit where credit is due - Allahpundit may be on to something here. Delaware, after all, is also a foregone conclusion.