As usual, GOP Chutzpah wins the day. And why shouldn't it? The media holds voters in just about the same amount of contempt as the GOP does.

So far Obama's push back has been pathetic.

How that didn't keep the Washington Post from themselves lying about Obama.

http://thepage.time.com/2008/07/30/obama -declares-the-moment/

If the Swift Boat Veterans had just run their ads without media attention, Kerry probably would have won.  It was the endless repetition of the ads and hand-wringing of the "news" media that put Kerry in the spot he got to (not saying he didn't run a crappy campaign... he just probably would have won despite that without the media's obsession with the SBVFT ads).

With Department of Defense rules prohibiting political campaigning on military bases, it was determined that in some cases McCain could visit the installations as a senator but could not engage in any political activity or have news media present.

McCain campaign officials said Thursday they intentionally did not campaign on military property.

"We follow the rules," said senior McCain adviser Steve Schmidt.

Because all three presidential candidates are sitting senators, DoD officials have privately noted for some weeks that the whole matter of drawing the line between Senate business and campaigning is sensitive.

A U.S. Army official told CNN there are no pending requests from any of the campaigns to visit Army bases at this time. He noted that Sen. Barack Obama recently visited Fayetteville, North Carolina, but did not go to Fort Bragg; and Sen. Hillary Clinton visited Killeen, Texas, but did not go to Fort Hood.

For his Wednesday visit to the U.S. Naval Academy -- of which he is a graduate -- McCain was allowed to make a political appearance at the academy's football stadium because it is privately owned property and is not owned or run by the U.S. military.

Earlier in the day, when McCain had breakfast with midshipmen on academy grounds, it was closed to the press and considered a private event.

The military spokesman points out that any U.S. senator could also request to visit the academy or any military installation.

But the Navy declined a McCain campaign request to speak at the Naval Aviation Museum at the naval base in Pensacola, Florida, because it is a military owned installation and is located on the base, the official said.

McCain did attend an airshow over the weekend at the Navy base in Meridian, Mississippi, because it was open to the general public. But he declined to answer political questions from reporters traveling with him.

If anyone needs any more evidence that McSame's campaign will not be a replay of the slimy, disgusting campaigns run by Karl Rove for 30 years, they should need no further proof.

I don't know what to make of the Obama team's apparent lack of an adequate response.

During the Primary campaign, their rapid-response team hit Clinton hard within minutes sometimes of a launched offensive.

Obama has now let almost a week go by and still no sign of an aggressive, coordinated, hard-hitting response that deals serious damage or capitalizes on an opening.

It seems like a calculated move, not a sign of weakness to me.

Let's see how this plays out:  Andrea Mitchell, now the WP, and maybe McSame's brittle, hard  campaign will shatter into a million pieces.