The
McCain campaign took the gloves off and let Sarah Palin go after Obama and I
like it. If McCain can do it during the debate it would be even better, just go
after Obama and the media will be force to talk about it. Hillary Clinton was
beating Obama up as the campaign ended so McCain should do the same. Any associations
Obama has should be put on the table, lets stop this radical Marxist now before
it is too late.

 
Obama: "No, if we're going to ask questions about who is promulgating negative ads that are completely unrelated to the issues at hand, I think I win that contest pretty handily"

...what do they have to lose by going in that direction?

Look however for some pantload of a liberal cartoonist to depict Palin crawling out of a sewer a la Nixon.

CNN in response to Plain played the bit from Obama that Ayers is just some guy who lives in the neighborhood and did these things when he was 8 years old.

 McCain needs to get that picture form 2001 of Ayers desecrating the American Flag (by walking on it), for the article called "without regret", out to the public to see what just how "repentant" Ayers is.  If you want to see it go to littlegreenfootballs they have it up.

C'mon, Senator McCain doesn't have the stones to bring this up in interviews with the press, on the campaign trail or during the remaining two debates.  This is a non starter. 

My bet is that Governor Palin is bringing this up on her own or at best with the campaign's disapproval.  It will go nowhere.  

Further, Senator McCain had no fire at the last debate, didn't look at his opponent, and took pains not to bring up the many many controversial issues that surround his opponent.

"Gentlemen" McCain is losing this race and it is his to lose.  If he can't forthrightly bring these issues to the American public how is he going to confront America's adversaries?  

If Senator McCain wants to win this thing, he must take the gloves off.  I just don't think he has it in him.   

Meanwhile, this just in: "McCain Eyes Potential Treasury Pick."  In the article's last two paragraphs, McCain is quoted as saying  this:

Asked if he would be a visible presence in international talks to
reduce greenhouse gas emissions and replace the Kyoto Protocol, McCain,
who has clashed with fellow Republicans over climate change, said he
would do "whatever is necessary to try to move forward."

He said he would involve former Vice President Al Gore in efforts to
address the issue. "I would tap him, I would tap people who have been
involved in these issues for many years." McCain noted that he
disagreed with the Nobel Peace Prize winner about nuclear energy but
added, "I have great respect for Al Gore."

To enlist a bozo like AlBore in a new Republican administration is just bizarre. 

...stick to their old nomination process of "who's been around the longest so it's their turn now" to choose a candidate, instead of one who actually believes in the principles of the party.

Romney/Palin or Giuliani/Palin would have been unstoppable.

I just watched MTP and the "panel" said if McCain starts bring up Ayers, the Obama camp will bring up Charles Keating.