McCain-Palin Open Two Fronts of Attack

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"Today, they're saying for the first time that Barack Obama didn't know back then about Ayers's radical background," Palin told a rowdy crowd of 8,800 people at the Germain Arena. "But it was only a few months ago that Barack was saying that Ayers was just a 'guy in my neighborhood.'"

Palin said she found it unbelievable that Obama "didn't know a few months ago that he had launched his political career in the living room of a domestic terrorist."

"So what's next?" she said. "Claiming their ticket doesn't define higher taxes as patriotic? Or claiming he's just learned that tax increases on small business kill jobs? Claiming he's just learned that American soldiers don't actually target and kill civilians in Afghanistan? Or claiming he's surprised that the surge and the war on terrorism is a success? Oh wait, he's already done that."

Har! They give her the best lines. Ayers is obviously fair game, not only is he connected with Obama about three different ways (fundraising, Woods Hole, and Annenberg) but the fact that a domestic terrorist can get a nice plum job at a university is deeply, deeply annoying to most mainstream Americans. It doesn't hurt to point out that leftist terrorists get laundered while righty terrorists get the manhunt treatment (as they should).

But not only that, but the McCain campaign has now opened a second front around Fannie Mae. In his strongest speech to date: (via hot air)

To hear him talk now, you'd think he'd always opposed the dangerous practices at these institutions. But there is absolutely nothing in his record to suggest he did. He was surely familiar with the people who were creating this problem. The executives of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac have advised him, and he has taken their money for his campaign. He has received more money from Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac than any other senator in history, with the exception of the chairman of the committee overseeing them.

Did he ever talk to the executives at Fannie and Freddie about these reckless loans? Did he ever discuss with them the stronger oversight I proposed? If Senator Obama is such a champion of financial regulation, why didn't he support these regulations that could have prevented this crisis in the first place? He won't tell you, but you deserve an answer.

Oy, this would've been great a couple of weeks ago. When McCain was busy inviting Obama to fix the problem he ostensibly started but better late than never. But in this case I'm afraid late is as good as never.

If this is a preview of tomorrow's debate hold onto your hats. This is about the time in the election when George HW Bush started really pounding Dukakis on the Willie Horton crime issue.