Tuesday Morning Open Thread

Good morning.

Eight weeks -- 56 days -- til Election Day. It's getting more intense by the hour. And, the Republicans, who have nothing else to offer, are only going to get nastier and uglier.

So, the other night, John put up the email and pictures we received from AMERICAblog reader Jim in New Mexico. Jim was at a restaurant when McCain and Palin walked in. He asked questions of both of them. As far as I can tell, this week, Jim has asked more questions of the GOP ticket than all of the big name political reporters in the traditional media. Good for Jim, but it shows how pathetic the press corps is. They can't even get McCain or Palin on the record. And, the McCain campaign is afraid to let either of them speak to reporters. If they ask questions of the two people who want to lead our nation, the McCain campaign will get mad and be mean to them. Can't have that. ABC's Charlie Gibson will get his chance later this week with Palin, but he had to agree to so many conditions, it makes ABC and Gibson look like tools of the GOP (which is actually what they are). What an embarrassment all around.

Okay, now do some threading....