Exactly my point on the "Bush Doctrine", Don. It is, from moment to moment whatever the media defines it to be. I like your speech and also feel it is time for her to "take off the gloves" when apparent interview civility and a condescending attitude are apparent. In my opinion, her rectally inserting a reply such as yours is well within her ability.
Understood that was where you were going. She just didn't make the point as directly as she should.
They are discovering how much the campaign has energized a base they were not sure would wake. It did. Enough so that McCain can't draw a big crowd unless Palin is there with him now. That's already changing travel plans for the next 50 days.
They've got enough attention to they need to more directly respond to the other campaigns continued efforts to run against Bush rather than McCain as they attempt to make them appear to be one in the same. McCain needs to say "hey, remember, I ran against this guy too!"
McCain started a few baby steps away from the party line and back toward his old self at the end of the convention. With Palin energizing the 2nd Amendment, religious conservatives, abortion rights voters and a lot more white women then most believed would join the fray the old McCain better grab the middle.
McCain was who he needed to be to win the nomination. I think nomination McCain needs to take a backseat to prior McCain as part of a McCain/Palin combination to win the election though.