Thursday Morning Open Thread

Good morning.

We've been saying for weeks that the McCain campaign had nowhere to go but negative. But, even in your wildest imagination could you have envisioned that he'd be using Paris Hilton and Britney Spears? Seriously? It's a fricking presidential election in the middle of a war and a recession -- and that's what the GOP nominee is throwing out? It's an embarrassment to this country.

There's a desperation in the GOP hierarchy. You can see it. Karl Rove is pulling the levers of the McCain campaign these days. He's not trying to elect McCain. He's trying to protect himself, Bush and Cheney from the next administration. McCain is just Rove's latest pawn. In the process, McCain has destroyed what was left of his reputation.

Thread the news, please.