Good morning.
I know we have a couple primaries left, but it seems like the campaign has pivoted to general election mode. And, the Republicans are already getting really dirty. What else have they got going for them? It's so desperate that John McCain, who the punditry thinks is the champion of campaign finance reform, is breaking the campaign finance laws.
The whole Republican campaign strategy is basically described by Josh Marshall in last night's post titled "Road Map":
The core is to drill a handful of key adjectives into the public mind about Barack Obama: Muslim, anti-American,BLACK, terrorist, ArabMcCain can't distance himself from that strategy. It is his strategy. And, Mark Halperin from Time Magazine already gave tacit approval to a race baiting strategy (despite his claim it was analysis, not advice)
And for anyone who thinks the GOP won't bash groups of people in the 21st century, think gays and immigrants. It's what Republicans do.
Let's get it started.
