Requiem for McCain

John McCain ran one of the most incompetent, schizo campaigns in history - and smashed the GOP to pieces.

Election night at the Biltmore in Arizona is a hilariously dismal scene, like a funeral for a family member nobody liked, who died owing everyone money. The rats here are already bailing off the ship with lightning speed, like L.A. Dodgers fans leaving a playoff game to catch the latest episode of Entourage. The exodus, in fact, begins about eight seconds into John McCain's concession speech, which incidentally starts off on the classiest of notes: with the remaining crowd cursing the name of the new president...

Rolling Stone takes a look at the big finale of the McCain/Palin campaign. Check it out.