It's gonna be a short diary. My apologies.
I work for a defense contractor (I'm not the bad guy, I promise). Needless to say, I work around a LOT of ex-military white Republicans. And they are freaking out right now. The most staunch of the die-hards just yelled out that McCain has lost the election. That his vote went from solid McCain to a no vote. He is not going to show up. I gleefully told him about the corruption, her lack of experience, how young she was, she had a newborn (read: social conservatives would crucify her for putting career above family), and her husband worked for Big Oil. I thought his head was going to explode. This is a man who has the distinction of still supporting Bush and Cheney.
He actually just had a mini-tantrum and threw things off his desk.
I thought I would need to wait until November to see this reaction, but I got it today and from an unlikely source. Thank you McSame!