[o2bfree]

What John McCain needs to do is to convince people to vote FOR John McCain, not against Obama. They don’t care about Ayers.

Defining your opponent is rule #1 in politics. That's all we are doing here with Ayers and Wright. It's a question of character.

The voters have yet to fully consider Ayers and Wright, but will get that chance shortly. The supporting narrative is coming soon!

[Mr. Know It All]

“The voters have yet to fully consider Ayers and Wright, but will get that chance shortly.”

Why do you believe that? Wright was all over television earlier this year and Clinton raised the Ayers thing prominently. What do you think voters missed?

Real Clear Politics current has McCain at a net favorability of +11 and Obama at +20. McCain’s favorability has been driven by his reputation for being beyond “politics as usual.” If a strongly negative campaign hurts that, it may cost McCain more than it costs Obama.

But, maybe you’re right. Maybe it will work. My opinion is that it’s a bad idea. Unfortunately, it may be the only idea that John McCain has.