Concerning the Iraq War issue and B. Hussein, Wretchard said:

“Still, a lot also depends on how well Obama handles a real McCain attack — if McCain is indeed finally attacking. BHO’s instincts are to dodge and weave or attack off topic, but attack. Dance away and jab. We saw him do it to Hillary.”

In the following MSM article:

http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/07/15/obama.iraq/index.html

Key quote:

“Sen. Barack Obama on Tuesday called the war in Iraq a “dangerous distraction,” and said more emphasis must be placed on the battle in Afghanistan.”

This is an intelligent counter-move. B. Hussein’s de facto allies are the Islamic fascists. The fascists have almost lost in Iraq but are still a potent force in Afghanistan. McCain’s response should be that we have been victorious in Iraq but Iraq is only one battle in a larger war. We will defeat the Islamic fascists, step by step in every theater of war at our schedule not the enemy’s (recycle some of Churchill’s quotes). That’s the basic motivation behind the Iraq War, i.e. it’s best to kill Islamic fascists in Baghdad rather than on the streets of New York or London. McCain needs to force B. Hussein to admit that we’ve achieved victory in Iraq after following a wise but flawed strategy.

Nomenklatura said:

“Most of the electorate still isn’t paying attention, so what we are seeing now is just sparring. Any knockout blow will have to come later..”

It’s important that no knockout blow be delivered until AFTER Hussein has been annointed by the Democrat Party convention. Again, McGovern’s popularity did not collapse until after he was nominated.

Nomenklatura also said:

“It’s quite likely Obama’s team will think he won the crucial encounter, at the very moment that the bulk of the electorate concludes that he is too slick to be trusted.”

Obviously many of Hussein’s lieutenants are hard-core leftists and divorced from reality. If Hussein followed their advice, he would have already lost to Hillary. Hussein’s genius is his understanding that 1960′s style left wing ideology is the passion behind his political base but also the poison that could kill his campaign with the general public. When Hussein faces his own troops he must comes across like Che Guevara but when he faces the general public he must change masks and present himself as Robert Kennedy. Screw Up #1 for Hussein is to come across as Robert Kennedy to the moonbats or present himself as Che Guevara to the general public. Hussein’s less savy lieutenants will be shrieking at him to be Che Guevara to everyone. Let’s hope that Hussein does this AFTER the Democrat convention.