GOP fires back at ... Obama

Just as it's become increasingly clear that John McCain expects he'll be running against Barack Obama in the general election, so it is with the folks at the Republican National Committee.

Danny Diaz, one of the hard-working members of the RNC's communications staff, has been peppering the media with e-mails casting all sorts of aspersions at answers Obama has been giving during the debate tonight. Here are some sample headers:

"Obama's Stance On Cuba Is Completely Inconsistent & Incoherent."

"Obama's Reckless Economic Policies Would Hurt The Economy."

"Obama Is Wrong On Key Immigration Issue."

These missives stacked up, without a single one targeting Hillary Clinton's answers. Finally, as the debate wound down, this one arrived: "Clinton's Pork-Barrel Hypocrisy."

Still, who would have ever thought an important arm of the GOP would treat her as largely irrelevant?

-- Don Frederick