Very good article from Robert Elisberg at HuffPo, explaining the Rovian underpinnings to the seemingly bizarre campaign ads thrown out by Mr. mccain.
As usual, well done. But the last bit of "blind faith" gnaws at me. Essentially, he says that Obama weathered similar types of tactics in the Primary and overcame.
I'm not so sure it's that easy, though. Hillary ran out of money. She couldn't keep up the beatings and that helped Obama overcome. In fact, she did some major damage to him with only a sparse budget available. He didn't strike me as much of a butt-kicker - he outlasted her on money.
I think this is exactly why mccain is starting these ads NOW. He knows he can't spring them at the last minute and get enough traction.
But if he can get them going, dent Obama's popularity and poll numbers, he hopes to get the repug voting lemmings more excited and donating money to fuel more ads. Also, since the "serious media" wants to see a neck-and-neck race, they're going to help suppress the stupid stuff mccain continuously does. This will help keep things close.
Mark my bitter, cynical, angry words - if Obama continues to run his campaign like Gore and Kerry did, he will lose.
He showed that he can bite on occasion, but he needs to roll out a big barrel of whoop-ass starting at least right after the convention and through the mccain coronation, up to the election.
He doesn't realize it, but he can knock this idiot out of the race fast. He just has to start playing for keeps. No more unanswered allegations and no more pot shots without some sort of very public counter-punch.
And I say punch for a specific reason - if you don't hit back when others attack you unfairly, people get the subconscious understanding that you are spineless. People want strong leaders, not [more] spineless ones.
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