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PALIN DELIVERS SWEET POISON WHILE MCCAIN RACKS HIS SHOTGUN

Sarah Palin's performance at tonight's debate will help McCain pull back even in the polls. Biden did fine, told some whoppers, was polished and smooth, just what you would expect from a guy who is on every Sunday show producer's speed dial. He literally does this for a living - spouting 90-second partisan soundbites on TV.

But Palin refused to play his game, and just stuck to her job, which was to:

So why did she start off by avoiding the easiest of pointed retorts re: the cause of the financial crisis, letting Biden hammer away at Bush, while she stayed safely with the "greedy Wall Street fatcats" line. What about the Democrats bloody hands in the whole sub-prime/Fannie Mae debacle? Simply, she was keeping McCain's powder dry - Ace explains it all.

I think this is absolutely correct, and very canny, and if pulled off correctly, will leave Obama and his media supporters no time to dig back out of the hole before election day, no matter how many times they recycle their lies.

This line of thinking makes total sense to me. McCain holds back on the haymakers until after the bailout crisis plays out, and Congress has recessed for the election, so Pelosi, Reid, Dodd and Frank can't walk over to the nearest media enabler and immediately spin against McCain's attack. They'll be too busy defending their own seats back home to spend any time helping Obama, and many will probably even distance themselves once McCain's slugs start drawing blood.

And remember, Obama and his team - and the mainstream media - tend to panic and over-react when the polls and facts start to turn against them. Like the backstabbing rabblerouser at the back of the crowd who finally gets called out by the beleaguered good guy and righteously fingered for being the real cause of all the trouble, the angry stares of the betrayed mob soon turn him into a babbling fool, and he retreats in disgrace.

This strategy will also help the down-ticket GOP races, allowing the true-blue Republicans to shout "We were right on Iraq, we were right on Fannie/Freddie, so it's time to sack the 'Crats who tried to quit, and who tanked the economy in the 18-months they've had control!"

I still think Obama is going to win, and he should if he 1) makes sure his campaign and supporters stay cool when McCain drops his senatorial gentility and turns back into the Naval aviator headed "downtown" for Haiphong Harbor, and 2) does not get flustered during the last two debates.

2) he can do. 1) will be another story.

UPDATE: When I say "racking his shotgun" I don't mean putting it on a gun rack, I mean racking the action - one of the most unmistakable and recognizable sounds in the world. Sarah's comments today make it more likely that McCain will follow suit and start spraying the Obama campaign with double-ought buckshot.

Or maybe he's more of a Lucas McCain.

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