A correspondent writes to Josh Micah Marshall's TPM:
The entire Republican campaign will be focused on making Obama the worst menu choice imaginable. Of course this will sully St. McCain's reputation and he will be subject to all manner of criticism (the stuff DC Dems fear so much they'll do anything to avoid). Nonetheless, the Republicans will take an ugly win over a noble loss any day.They will use the summer months to shore up the old McCain image as "maverick", "moderate" and independent. It's all lies but they don't care about that. The Democratic campaign meanwhile ... is entirely new to the national game and has nothing like the experience of winning the Republicans have so they are essentially giving free ground to the opposition instead of going on the attack now when they have McCain down and could easily keep him down. ...
The ... Democrats are not planning on winning. They are planning how not to lose. Naturally, this is one of the best strategies known to man if you wish to lose the contest. Republicans on the other hand are actively planning on how they win. They know this necessarily includes doing all they can to sully Obama's reputation and paint him as something he is not: untrustworthy, extreme, etc...
What we know, however, is that the Republicans have won the last two Presidential campaigns and have deep experience running a national operation, how to prepare for the fall and how to execute a take down of the opponent.
Read the whole thing, and start screaming now.
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