The Big Con

The press is finally showing signs of turning on McCain, and that the Palin pick is really the last straw. I'm not sure if anyone has explicated this turn fully, but here's my theory: The modern GOP is basically a gigantic con game. The press has played along with their nonsense for years and I think a big part of the reason is that they seem themselves as being the 'smarts'. In any good con there are the 'smarts' and the 'marks', the people who are in on the scam, and the targets, the suckers, the marks. The key to a good con is to make the marks think that they're the smarts and the press is exhibit A - they think they're in on the game. The problem with the Palin pick is that McCain is treating them like marks, and they've noticed. Nobody likes being treated like a chump and their reaction is natural. My only question is, what took them so long?