"I think the McCain folks realize if they can get this thing down in the mud, drag Obama into the mud, that's where they have the best advantage to win," said Matthew Dowd, who worked with many top McCain campaign advisers when he was President Bush's chief strategist in the 2004 campaign, but who has since had a falling out with the White House. "If they stay up at 10,000 feet, they don't." Full Story »
Posted by Terry Gamble
This opinion piece has minimal journalistic merit. The authors repeat the standard talking points of the Obama campaign and neglect to point out the steady stream of vicious attacks by Obama and his media outlets on McCain and Palin. Did they not bother to read the Newsweek hit-piece cover story on Palin, or the US Weekly and National Enquirer cover stories? Criticism of Obama has been moderate by comparison. The piece suggests once again that Obama is incapable of handling even mild criticism.
