CNN

"After months of disappointing fundraising, Sen. John McCain, R-Arizona, raised a respectable $6 million during the third quarter fundraising period."

Why on earth did CNN feel a need to insert "respectable" to characterize McCain's fundraising? I think it's a pathetic haul. He was a front-runner, and this is all he can get? Even the horrible campaigner Fred Thompson got 3 million more than this. Ron Paul, who competes with the margin of error in most polls, raised just one million less than McCain. This was a horrendous quarter for McCain.

In the future, if CNN feels a need to prop up McCain's candidacy, it would probably be better to say that his take "exceeded expectations" or perhaps that "some critics" (they don't even have to be real people!) "say that this amount indicates McCain still has a shot. Event hat would be better journalism than just arbitrarily calling this pitiful take "respectable."

Sorry, but this is just really bad.

Hopefully this will make him stay in the race...and would dilute the pro-war vote even further

Impressive, that is only ONE million more than Ron Paul, and they say that McCain is still a front runner? Since money seems to dominate in politics these days, why dont we bump Dr. Paul up to the top tier, as his campaign contributions suggest we should do.

Someone please help Granpa.

John, John, he's our man...if he can't do it none can! McCain 08