In the aftermath of the Vice-Presidetial debate, if you need any prove that John McCain has neither clue on the economic issues, nor solutions to the current economic crisis you need to look no further than his latest effort to utilize his arsenal of smears and negative attacks for all its worth. Hence, him and his surrogates have concluded, as well as they have so stated, that to turn McCain's fortunes around they will have turn the public's attention away from the economy to Barack Obama's character instead, and thus, the newly incepted McCain's scotched-earth tactics against Obama. These attacks, based on lies, innuendo, distortions and rumor-mongering are an insidious effort on their part to subvert the democratic choice of the American people, and through character-assasination, to defame the people's candidate of choice, rendering him unelectable. Thus, with his convincing lead thus far, but unsettled lead, however, and confronted with the the slash-and-burn agents of negativism as manifested in McCain's campaign, Obama is left with no choice, but to move beyond his high-minded and above-the-fray posture, and unleash a deliberative, sustained and relentless attack, as well as counter-attacks on McCain. Obama's response should be swift and uncompromosing, as he seems decidedly intent on lately. For not doing so he risk ceding the battlefield to lies and smears that---if left unchecked will quickly gain traction with this gullible and amenable electorate. With just 30 days left before elections, Obama has a chance not only to maintain the lead, but to expand it to an insurmoutable margin because McCain has alot to answer for. To be sure, there are tons of legitimate issues to be preferred against McCain for every lie he levels against Obama. For example, what does it say about McCain's judgement picking a runningmate whose husband was a member of an organization that advocated the secession of Alaska from the U.S. Sarah Palin has had so many transgressions that she would have been unfit for the Oval Office were it not for McCain flawes judgement. Do not forget this the man who abandoned his wife for another woman while his wife was going through a health crisis. What does it say about McCain's character. You be the judge.