The Lion and Gun

The inimitable Hugh Hewitt writes about the second Palin bounce and the rise of John McCain. (I'm not being sarcastic; it's the title of his post.) He draws a roadmap for GOP victory in November: cutting taxes and trade barriers, reducing government regulation of the economy, and above all a focus on attacking the mainstream media as being a bunch of liberal effetes. Right, because free trade has been a winning issue for the Republicans; what people are clamoring for in response to the market meltdown is less regulation; and, oh yeah, most voters these days are up late at night pacing the floors because that Ivy League trollop Katie Couric was mean to Sarah Palin. Give me a break.

If this is the team he's got arrayed against him, Obama can just jet off to Maui from now till November 5th. Seriously, the GOP are starting to look like the Washington Generals.