It's the economy, stupid!

As much as some of us hockey moms are confounded by Sarah Palin's lack of experience, arrogance, religous extremism and myopic worldview (I can see Alaska from my HOUSE! Thank you, Tina Fey.) , this election is really about John McCain.

John McCain believes the economy is on sound footing. Sarah Palin should hip-check him into the boards for that one.

Don't forget, John McCain was experience to Barack Obama's change until a few weeks ago. He openly admitted the economy was not his "strong suit." Now it turns out, experience isn't his strong suit either.

You may have heard Carly Fiorna, a first-stringer on the McCain economic team has been taken off the media circuit. This is not a routine line change. The former Hewlitt-Packard CEO was asked Tuesday on KTRS Radio in St. Louis if Senator McCain and Governor Palin would be fit to run Hewlitt-Packard. It should be noted that Ms. Fiorna herself advanced from an entry-level secretary to the top job. In responding to the question "McCain thinks [Palin] has the experience to be president, but does she have the experience to run a major company like Hewlett-Packard?"

Wait for it.

No, I don't," Ms. Fiorna Said.

But, added Ms. Fiorna, "that's not what she is running for." Appearing later on MSNBC Fiorna did not retract her remark but defended it and added that she thought McCain was not fit to run the company either.

I think we can all agree with Obama campaign spokesman Tommy Vietor "If John McCain's top economic advisor doesn't think he can run a corporation, how on Earth can he run the largest economy in the world in the midst of a financial crisis?"

So, what IS McCain's strong suit? Diplomacy it is not.

"The thought of his being president sends a cold chill down my spine," Republican Senator Thad Cochran said to the Boston Globe in January. "He is erratic. He is hotheaded. He loses his temper and it worries me. "

Jonathan Alter reports in Time Magazine that he's spoken to four senators and two former senators in recent weeks who believe Cochran's concerns are widely shared in the senate. Five of the six think McCain is temperamentally unsuited to the presidency.