Be On Offense And Drive The Debate

This is the Republican mantra. Make no mistake about it.
All the cogs are beginning to turn and don't forget they are very good at what they do. They have been at this for a very long time and they do this for what in their minds are principled reasons but, the soldiers also know that there are millions to be made and vast new avenues for networking for future deals. Add it all up and there are plenty of reason for the McCain team to start unbolting the kitchen sink.
One sure sign that the time has come is that Harold Simmons, the Texas billionaire and McCain campaign fund raiser, has started a non-profit group called American Issues Project to finance ads against Obama. Yep, same guy who funded ads attacking John Kerry's military service in 2004.
With this kind of horsepower it's no wonder that they can put the Democrats in a defensive posture which for all intents and purposes is them "driving the debate." The Obama camp takes the logical step by looking at what the Kerry campaign did wrong, then launches counter attacks and guess what--they look defensive. This is why the Carville's and Gergan's and Buchanan's of the world keep begging for red meat. The Obama camp needs to take it to the enemy. They need to abandon the "above the fray" mentality that the American people object to dirty politics. The bottom line is that the America People don't somehow live outside of the boundaries of human nature. And if your losing, human nature says bring out the biggest guns you got.