The AP On The New McCain Palin Negative Campaign Obama Offensive

It's like a rumor. Once you hear it, at first it shocks you. Then you do a little research on the rumor-spreader and find their credibility sorely lacking. Throw in a little recent erratic behavior, some poor judgement on a backup president running mate and you have a bad situation. If that rumor-spreader tries to recover by spreading the same rumor he tried before, he risks enraging listeners.

He really is in a pickle. On the one hand if their tabloid smokescreen fails, they only have the real issues to debate. Then they're screwed since everyone knows they're at the heart of our crisis. Then again, people know they're at the heart of our crises so anything they try to whip up, tabloid wise, will be seen through a suspicious eye...and yes...carries great danger of backfiring, making the McCain credibility look even worse.

Add in a pinch of pissing off the media by sequestering Palin and her taking potshots at the media at the VP debate. You have a real sticky-wickett.

And I thought a maverick could never be penned. Seems he went and backed right into the pen without knowing. Now we'll see if Obama has the foresight to slam the gate shut behind him and triple padlock it for good measure.

I find it ironic that themoderatevoice has a post on healthcare, a real issue in the campaign, that received a few responses followed by a cartoon making fun of the lack of discussion on issues and then followed by five more post about Sarah Palin who will be the answer to a trivia quesiton is less than 45 days.

I am beginning to feel that most of the hardcore supporters of Obama do not really believe that he can deliver what he is promising. They would rather talk endlessly about someone, McCain, who has no choice of winning.

Given that the coming Obama ADministration will have large majorites in both houses of Congress and will be able to do what they want, I would think pro-Obama people would rather talk his positions than about Sarah Palin. Then again, those same pro-Obama people would have to explain who the Obama Administration will lower tax for most people, start up new entitlement programs, start up new regulatory programs while increasing employment, raising real wages, and maintainng open borders and unlimited immigration.

I can understand voting against McCain but I have seen very few people actually write about why will vote for Obama. Do you really think that the people responsible for urban public schools and high urban crime can really run the largest organization in the world?

SD, the difference between what you see and what others are seeing may have to do with the belief you often express here that the election is a done deal, with Obama the inevitable winner. I do NOT think others are making that assumption, and because of this they are focusing on the race itself. They are already aware of the policy differences, and that is (presumably) why they are voting for Obama, rather than McCain. I don't have any trouble voting for a republican, so long as the republican convinces me he will address the issues I happen to think are important. Neither do I have any illusions about Obama being perfect or even close, but for me, when it comes to the lesser of the two evils scenario, he wins hands down.

Jspencer,

What most people on the left are doing is the equivalent of fighting the last war. Look at the number of posts about wanting popular election of the president because of the 2000 election when every demographic trend ensures a growing Democratic Party majority.

Also, at least you are honest enough to admit that the best thing that happen to SEnator Obama is having an incompent fool like Senator McCain as his opponents. After the Wall Street bailout vote, it is clear that Senator Obama is lacking in leadership ability and is actually timid in his decision making and in his more worried about being second guessed that in making good decisions.

However, if the political discussions were really about political tacticis Biden would be mentioned as much as Palin. But since Senator Biden is almost never mentioned, I see the discussions about Palin to be class based angst instead of real political discussions.