"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
Excellent and very fair & balanced analysis by the NY Times staff of how McCain is now driving his famed Straight-Talk Express through the muddiest of roads. It even quotes Republican sources in expressing dismay at how loosely McCain is playing with the truth. Here's an example of such a voice: "Mr. Sipple, the Republican strategist, voiced concern that Mr. McCains approach could backfire. 'Any campaign that is taking liberty with the truth and does it in a serial manner will end up paying for it in the end, he said.' But its very unbecoming to a political figure like John McCain whose flag was planted long ago in ground that was about straight talk and integrity'. " The article is definitely worth reading.
