Plouffe Grins And Bears It

On a conference call with reporters this morning, Obama campaign manager David Plouffe assiduously tried to lower expectations for the next presidential debate, calling McCain the undisputed master of town hall meetings. He also knocked Sen. McCain's tone: "It's kind of fitting that Sen. McCain did his debate prep in the high school gym in Oxford yesterday, because it was kind of a sophomoric approach."  He noted that McCain did not challenge Barack Obama on taxes, allowing Obama to score the point cleanly.