Monkey Fear

Why couldn't McCain look at Obama? The general consensus seems to be that McCain was arrogant, disdainful; that he he had no respect for Obama. TPM has a more interesting theory proposed by a reader who happens to do research into the social tendencies of primates.

I think people really are missing the point about McCain's failure to look at Obama. McCain was afraid of Obama. It was really clear--look at how much McCain blinked in the first half hour. I study monkey behavior--low ranking monkeys don't look at high ranking monkeys. In a physical, instinctive sense, Obama owned McCain tonight and I think the instant polling reflects that.