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The Politico talks to Republican strategists and state party chairmen -- mostly off the record or on background, of course -- and they complain that the McCain campaign is slow to take shape. Some of this is the usual summer second-guess; some of it is just underdog jitters; there's also probably even some grumbling from strategists who don't work for the campaign. But I'm inclined to agree that the McCain camp's messaging has been inconsistent, even as they've developed a critique of Obama as too liberal and too inexperienced that has some resonance. McCain also still lags behind Obama in organization and fundraising, though the longer Democratic race did provide him withi some opportunity to catch up.