Be careful what you wish for...

So McCain wanted to upstage Barack Obama's fabulous acceptance speech and record-breaking Convention with a little media story of his own, right? So how's that working out? Idiot.

Mike has a good summary of all the latest bad news and speculates on how soon Palin will be dumped. Josh Marshall sums up the tight spot McCain has put himself in:

For what it's worth, even though I hinted that I thought we might be going there over the weekend, we should not underestimate the massive forces standing in the way of canning Palin.

The consequences of what I think everyone can now see was a bad decision are huge. The consequences of admitting it was a mistake are something like catastrophic. Much of the remainder of the campaign, I think, would devolve into a picking over of just what McCain was thinking. So while McCain's strategy is based on running on his purportedly superior judgment, much of the campaign coverage would focus on his demonstrably bad judgment.

Also, a very big deal, though not quite as big, would be the effect on conservative evangelicals. Putting Palin on the ticket seems to have finally brought many of them squarely into the McCain camp. Tossing her overboard could be lethal with this critical Republican constituency.

They're in a tight spot.

Needless to say, McCain's Tight Spot is pretty much flooding the humor gristmill, if you'll pardon the phrase. See the usual suspects for some prime examples.