(I’ll be on the Rachel Maddow radio show at 6:34 ET/3:34 PT today talking about the Accountability Now 2010 Primary Project.  You can listen live here – jh)

They don’t even seem like they’re preparing these poor bastards before they throw them on TV any more.  It’s like chum to sharks.

McCain campaign spokesman Ben Porritt is completely flummoxed today when David Shuster asks him about the head of McCain’s transition team, William Timmons, who lobbied for Sadaam Hussein.   Porritt just waffles and tries to stall until a good answer comes to him, but that never happens so he makes the rather outrageous claim they’ve had "no associations with any lobbyists on our campaign."

Exqueeze me?  Baking powder?

Shuster manages not to guffaw and asks him if he’s ever heard of Charlie Black.

It’s just getting sad.