Huh.

[apocalypsos]

NEW YORK (AP) — John McCain's election night watch party might be missing John McCain. Instead of appearing before a throng of supporters at the Biltmore Hotel in Phoenix on the evening of Nov. 4, the Republican presidential nominee plans to deliver postelection remarks to a small group of reporters and guests on the hotel's lawn.

Aides said Thursday that the arrangement was due to space limitations and that McCain might drop by the election watch party at some other point.

Not that I'm going to throw a party or anything because of this, but does it strike anybody else as odd that McCain would choose a small gathering rather than a large party on election night? It doesn't exactly sound like he's all that confident about his chances, quite frankly -- what kind of a presidential candidate who has any sort of belief that they might win would skip out on being seen on national television when accepting the win with a large cheering group of supporters behind them?

Besides, "space limitations"? If space were going to be such a problem, why was the Biltmore even chosen in the first place?

Comments

[skipthedemon.livejournal.com]

That *really* makes me how poor his health is.

[doqz.livejournal.com]

Yeah, that certainly doesn't inspire optimism.

OTOH, McCain is notoriously superstitious - apparently specifically forbidding any assumption of victory beforehand, by his staffers.

[smallship1.livejournal.com]

Very wise.

[smallship1.livejournal.com]

Paranoid Brit Man say: because he has some reason to expect trouble of some kind at the Biltmore.

[anne-jumps.livejournal.com]

Yeah, it's weird. A lot of this stuff that comes out, my first thought is "Why are they letting this go public?"

[sweill.livejournal.com]

I shudder to think I might be even a little right, but I'm wondering if an intimate gathering wouldn't be the safe, controlled venue for a victory party for a coup...

[lots42.livejournal.com]

Theory: Because if he loses and his supports start yelling 'Kill Obama' he's tanked.