They Found A Nut

It seems that on the message side, the Obama campaign has been searching for a line of attack against McCain all week. They're hinting at the "he's old" thing. They're having Biden release tax returns to try and make it look like McCain and Palin have something to hide. They're using the line McCain said last night that he's divorced from America's day-to-day challenges to paint a picture of him as out of touch.

Some of these are effective, some maybe not. They could always do more - the Palin charging victims for their own rape kits story needs to be its own ad. I mean, holy crap.

When Sarah Palin was mayor of Wasilla, the city billed sexual assault victims and their insurance companies for the cost of rape kits and forensic examinations.

Palin had been in office for four years when the practice of charging rape victims got the attention of state lawmakers in 2000, who passed a bill to stop the practice.

There's new evidence on this, too. She knew about it directly. That should really hurt her with women and moderates.

But for my money, this is the line that they can run with from now to the end of the election.

Today on "The View," John McCain defended his campaign's latest ad campaign, which has been debunked repeatedly as both false and sleazy. In running the sleaziest campaign since South Carolina in 2000 and standing by completely debunked lies on national television, it's clear that John McCain would rather lose his integrity than lose an election.

This is about honor. John McCain has none. And they have used the line now in multiple statements, and the media is picking up on it. While there is an absolute bias toward anything out of the "assertive" McCain campaign's mouth, traditional media does respond to a fight. They'll be happy to capture that on camera. And that's what they're getting from the Obama campaign today.

Keep this on honor and the lies and pretty soon nothing McCain says will be credible. Everything should be answered with "this is the guy who's been lying the whole campaign, who would you believe?"

...from Obama himself at a campaign event today:

"Just ask the Machinists in Pennsylvania who build Harley-Davidsons," Obama said of McCain's record. "Because John McCain didn’t just oppose the requirement that the government buy American-made motorcycles, he called Buy American provisions 'disgraceful.' Just ask the workers across this country who have seen their jobs outsourced. The very companies that shipped their jobs overseas have been rewarded with billions of dollars in tax breaks that John McCain supports and plans to continue.

"So when American workers hear John McCain talking about putting 'Country First,'" Obama said, "it’s fair to ask – which country?"

This will drive McCain nuts. Keep saying it.