It looks like McCain has another gimmick up his sleeve. Here’s what The Gun Toting Liberal wrote:
According to my “GOP-Insider buddy” (yes, I do have one of those — and boy, oh boy, these guys are packing a huge “wallop” to the Obama Camp in the next few weeks thanks to — oh, HECK, that’s all I am allowed to say at this time — more on that one at a later time — you’ll just have to stay tuned)
I think the greatest threat to Obama’s candidacy this point isn’t McCain or Palin, but some type of October Surprise. (I’d put voter fraud second, behind an October Surprise and before McCain/Palin).
Here is the question, if there is a possibility of a game changing event, is there a game plan for when that comes up? It seems that if it is a “huge wallop” there should be a quick, hard, and unified response from Obama and the blogosphere. Do we hit back with the Keating Five? What do we do?
I don’t understand why they’re not blasting Johnny Mac with the Keating Five right now, especially given the context of the current financial situation. Seems like the perfect time, but I’m not a highly paid political consultant, so WTF do I know.
The Keating thing is like an old wound. To throw that out there first has the potential to sully Obama’s image as a different kind of politician (He doesn’t want to muddy the waters between him and McCain, he wants as much contrast as possible). If he does throw that out there without any provocation, McCain and the right will respond with a barrage of smears, and they’ll be able to say, well Obama started it. And that would stick.
I mentioned it here because it is an option available for counterattacking in the future, when we might be forced to muddy the waters somewhat to stem a tide of bad publicity.
That’s my thinking anyway.
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Perhaps McCain will try to ride on the Israeli Big Surf of natural sympathy with Americans and play the “attack Iran now” card. However, the topic in the campaign will stay with the state of the U.S. economy until November.
"But I will not let myself be reduced to silence."