guilt by association

Although there is one remaining debate on October 15th, in some respects this may be McCain’s last, best chance to alter the trajectory of this election.

Even if he scores a victory on October 15th, it may be too late to make an impact on the election; after all, a third of the country has begun early voting, and McCain needs to change perceptions right now.

And now we find out that if McCain is going to question Obama’s past connections, the Obama camp will respond in kind.

But one of the key difference here is McCain’s past connections are tied to our last massive economic crisis.

So while Ayers, Rezko and Rev. Wright may not necessarily make voters more comfortable with Obama, my guess is that many of them have no idea that McCain was involved in the S&L crisis, so his association with Keating will be new and surprising.