So, it would appear that John McCain's Rovian strategy of the week to attack Obama is to make him appear "arrogant." Pardon me, but does that seem like pretty weak tea? Are there really voters out there that are going to say, "Well, I kinda liked that Obama guy, but he's a little too arrogant, so I'm going with McCain?" I don't really think it's a fatal flaw in a politician: in fact, I don't even think it's a bad one. If it gets cemented, Obama is permanently innoculated from the flip-flopper charge and I think the downside will be muted. George W. Bush, after all, was elected in 2004 despite there being widespread belief that he was arrogant.
What is striking to me is how relentlessly negative McCain's campaign has become. If this keeps up the public is going to tire of him pretty quickly. I don't know exactly why his campaign has gone in this particular direction, but he'd better right his course.
