Tuesday Morning Open Thread

Good morning.

Thirteen weeks -- 91 days -- until Election Day.

Not sure how many times we've written on this blog that the McCain/Bush/Rove crew were going to get aggressively ugly and negative -- and it's begun. I mean, no one is really surprised, are they? They've got nothing going for them. What else could they do? Although, some of McCain's old pals in the traditional media seem a bit stunned.

Have to give them credit: Republicans do know how to run campaigns. They can't govern -- and certainly can't run the country. But, they do know how to run vicious campaigns. They make it visceral, not cerebral. Can someone please explain that to the Democratic media consultant types? Start with GMMB. It's stunning how they don't actually get it -- still.

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