"It's not looking so good for the Republicans"

A passel of tired old white guys skirmish for the tarnished, elusive crown of the rotting Saint Ronnie of Reagan.

"It is too soon, in our view, to call either nominating contest, much less the fall election. But in a year in which voters are fed up with Washington (even Mr. McCain said on Sunday that his base was disillusioned), the Republicans have a long way to go to grasp the mood of the electorate in this 21st-century election.

Above: John "I'm not dead yet!" McCain desperately grapples for an oxygen mask during campaign stop on Monday.