Peotone—This column has long been loud in its fanfare for John McCain, but—at least in the sounds coming from Huffington Post —some cacaphony is being orchestrated.

Here, of course, McCain is wildly popular in the ‘clingingly bitter community—garnering 48%percent of the vote in the official Republicans in Will County—and seems to have captured the hearts of the Peotonese as well. I suspect he could be elected King of Will County Fair in a landslide.

But since Pennsylvania, McCain has not been forced to battle four opponents at once—two Clintons and Obama frontally, plus the Rev. Jeremiah Wright and Billy Boy Ayers from the rear. It has not thrown McCain’s campaign even somewhat off course and there is no sense that he has been brought down to earth – by that fat-assed Texas Preacher that Allan Colmes insists is just like Rev. Wright. Musically challenged, McCain’s soaring with oldies hits, the sense of unification he promises, the change he portends , and all seem at least for the moment to have taken a frontseat during this tough hand-to-hand combat with the Democratic crippled kittens.

McCain’s former, or current pastor, has not been hurt by the rejection of the surrogate son, does not seem intent on killing off any prospect of the second POW president in our history – Andy Jackson was the First. McCain did the right thing by cutting the ties off of several congressmen like the oafish Bob Smith ( R. NH), although it came to nothing because Smith, according to Limey atheist and wit, Christopher Hitchens, is a bloated coward without the brains God gave geese and no real damage had been done by Smith, Cliff Schecter or anyone else.(http://www.slate.com/id/2190109/)

Polls are notoriously fickle, but McCain fired his pollster when his Campaign was Tapioca ( see Mike Houlihan’s film of the same name) so – nothing to see here Folks!
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On the other hand, McCain has countered any bad news by sewing up the GOP Nomination during our Lifetime. In a week or two McCain actually may notice that he is in a race for the White House with Whatshername and Whoozits?

Should someone do well some day, McCain will have a great psychological advantage, because Straight Talking Johnny cannot match the idiocies of his opponents and their supporters: Moveon.org, Huffington Post, Keith Olbermann and the whole MSNBC-Tool Shed have maintained for long weeks now. They are homeric in their capacities for blowing off toes! Dean the Dream went on Fox and tossed high octane fuel on the dwindling fire between Obama and Clinton. The guy is Money! Pure Money! Eight Belles in every National Race! Place – shoot the horse( Gore); Place -shoot the horse ( Kerry)!

The question then becomes,’ how big a landslide over Whatshername or Whoozits in November? The DNC with Howard ‘Daffy“Dean at the helm is as safe as a Yacht made of Waterford Crystal rounding Cape Horn! The question keeps popping up: Are the Democrats really trying to damage themselves for the general election so that McCain can remain in the White House unti 2012?

Arianna Huffington and the Hollywood Squares say “no,” Democrats shackled to the Progressive Wing does that al the time – that’s how they roll. Others, of course, are less charitable – like me. I a bitter clingey little bastard.

The coming weeks will provide the answer. If Billy Ayers makes it clear he wants to blow up the Democrats on the convention floor, the answer is yes. If Rev. Wright finds some graceful way out to the Gobi Desert before real scrutiny of his actions get going the party might not be too embarassing

Of course the so-called “party elders” may just get together and bring Obama all the superdelegates he needs to win well before the convention, which is the way I see things going right now. McCain will be fine.

But, like seeing Keith Olbermann before Rachel Maddow puts on his blush and powder, it ain’t gonna be a pretty sight to see.

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Pat Hickey, an iconoclast in the ‘close knit- ethnic’ Morgan Park community of Chicago, chews with his mouth closed and loves with heart open and is a regular guy for The Chicago Daily Observer.