The other shoe

MANIFESTO

Obviously, the McCainiacs' negative pitch during the campaign will be the "Obama is (black) scum" mantra, but the positive pitch will center around the "He spent 5+ years in the Hanoi Hilton, so he must be presidential material" message.

Maureen Dowd sees this as already occurring, and Katie Couric recently got a taste of it as well.

Personally, I've always thought that Wesley Clark was right: that being a former POW doesn't ipso facto create a commander-in-chief. Nevertheless, since this is obviously Senator Septuagenarian's story, and he's sticking to it, we have this illogical and smarmy theme to look forward to for the next 2½ months.