by T. P. Wynn – [scriptwriter]

Where is the “Maverick?”

Senator McCain likes to talk about his reputation as the Maverick of the Senate and a committed reformer. He thinks that the public already knows that. Well, sort of. Where is that guy?

Everybody who’s paying even modest attention to this election knows this is a fight for the Middle.

Barack Obama and his handler David Axelrod have this down cold. The voters in the Middle started paying attention around the time the Democrat convention ended. And what they’ve seen over the last six weeks is Cool Obama, Regular Guy Obama, “24” David Palmer Obama…

The Middle’s not full of wonks, Obama doesn’t sound like Jesse Jackson, so he passes the Middle’s sniff test. (more…)