I think some of the so-called “undecideds” are embarrassed to be supporting a candidate as miserably unprepared and badly connected as Obama, so they’re lying to themselves and to others.

I believe that slips such as this reveal character.

Hopefully McCain can continue to apply the pressure during the debates. The more Obama’s handlers try to program him to not let slip such shallow, immature comments, the more frozen and hesitant he will become.

The stutters and uh…uh…eh…uh will become more frequent. Then he will either continue to freeze, or he will let his words flow, and hopefully several times will let the mask slip again.

But we have a leeetle ol’ Vice Presidential debate to watch first, on Thursday!

I hope the McCain campaign has a good strategy. Her instincts and authenticity are so very excellent.

Her ability to speak persuasively on recently-crammed foreign policy details are not. When she does that, it severely diminishes her amazing authenticity and deeply integrated conservative outlook on life. Hopefully they’ll have a successful strategy in place.

Those voters who don’t have a clue start asking “What in the heck are those T-Shirts about?”

Many of them hear the story: “At the first debate, Senator McCain talked about the mother of a soldier who died in Iraq. She gave him a bracelet with her son’s name on it, and asked McCain to never forget about her son, who loved his country.” And he told her, “I’ll never forget him, never.”

And then Obama said, “Hey, I’ve got a bracelet, too.”

And slowly the story spreads.

Matthew Sheffield has posted video of Obama’s “I’ve got a bracelet too” line from the debate last night and is tracking which media outlets have reported that exchange between McCain……

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