McCain's campaign: smear & fear
Gary Kamiya notes at Salon that "The GOP goes back to its ugly roots" as they trot out one smear after another, desperately flinging mud at Obama in the hopes that something--anything--will stick long enough to cause a McCain bump in the polls. We've already seen and heard plenty about Rev Jeremiah Wright and real-estate developer Tony Rezko, but the GOP's latest field of schemes seems to center around Bill Ayers; there's not much "palling around" between Ayers and Obama, but there's plenty of appalling. (Ari Berman provides more details on Obama's flimsy ties to Bill Ayers over at The Nation, an article from April that is--sadly--relevant once again, as the McCain lashes out in desperation.)
Over at TNR, Jonathan Chait reminds us that "McCain Forgets How Many Glass Houses He Lives In." McCain conveniently omits his own past associations with Watergate felon G. Gordon Liddy (wiretapping, burglary, and conspiracy) and his father-in-law Jim Hensley (bootlegging and conspiracy).
Palin doesn't have much room to talk, considering her links to the Alaska Independence Party and the John Birchers. (See here and here for details.)
Four more weeks, and it will all be over.