Thought this was an interesting analysis of the "socialism" charge and Obama response

[Ted King]

http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/archive...015265.php

I can appreciate the thinking behind McCain's attacks. He wants to characterize Obama as some kind of extremist, and "socialist" is one of those tried-and-false smears Republicans have been using for decades. But it's a foolish strategy, as evidenced by Obama's remarks -- McCain has put himself in a position where Obama gets to defend a middle-class tax cut that McCain is attacking. What genius on McCain's staff came up with that idea?