The cognoscenti apparently think that Senator Obama has had a marvelous week. We disagree. First he threw grandma under the bus, and, if that weren’t enough, he did it again to the old girl. Now he’s trying to change the subject — this from his most recent fundraising email to us, following some disparaging remarks about Senator Clinton and her “kitchen sink” attacks:

Senator McCain, now the presumptive Republican nominee, is already running his general election campaign. He’s so eager to justify another 100 years of war in Iraq and drum up conflict with Iran that he and his campaign have been making sloppy and woefully false assertions about links between Iran and al Qaeda in Iraq.

This seems to us not the best way to try to change the subject from Senator Obama’s decision not to effectively distance himself from his crazy uncle. We understand that going after your opponent’s strengths can be an effective strategy, but you ought to do so in a way that has at least a whiff of credibility to it. Attacking Senator McCain on his military knowledge might work with some people, but, in our view, these are mostly limited to those who are already the true believers.

Perhaps as a result of recent events, Senator Clinton has for the moment pulled ahead in the polling. We’ll see if she can keep the advantage moving in her direction.

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