America In McCain And "Other"

In Englewood, Colorado, Gov. Sarah Palin lets go with the a harsh line against Obama. And it ain't that he's prone to "pal around with terrorists who targeted their own country."

"There's been a lot of interest in what I read lately.  Well, I was reading my copy of today's New York Times and I was really interested to read about Barack's friends from Chicago.  Turns out, one of his earliest supporters is a man who, according to The New York Times was a domestic terrorist and part of a group that, quote, 'launched a campaign of bombings that would target the Pentagon and the U.S. Capitol.'  These are the same guys who think patriotism is paying higher taxes.  This is not a man who sees America as you and I do - as the greatest force for good in the world. This is someone who sees America as imperfect enough to pal around with terrorists who targeted their own country. This, ladies and gentlemen, has nothing to do with the kind of change anyone can believe in - not my kids and not your kids. The only man who can take on Washington is John McCain."

It's that Obama "is not a man who sees America as you and I do."   This is the message that opponents of Obama began with: he's not one of us. He's culturally foreign. He doesn't share your values.  He's dangerous. It worked a little bit in the summer when there was nothing else to pay attention to. The McCain campaign hopes that it will somehow get those voters who've crossed the river of Obama-doubt to jump back across to the other side.