Blasts From the Past

By the way, Palin is giving another interview to Fox, in the person of Greta Van Susteren. I guess the rest of the MSM can wait till Nov. 5.

Why did the Obama camp wait until now to put out a new defense about Ayers? Power Line's John Hinderaker is amazed by this CNN report:

" JIM ACOSTA: In 1995 Ayers hosted a coffee for Obama when the young community organizer was making his first run for the State Senate. At this point looking back, should he not have done that?

" DAVID AXELROD: Well I mean, when he went, he certainly -- he didn't know the history.

"This strikes me as a rather stunning development. Obama appears to be admitting that if he knew about Ayers' terrorist history, and the fact that he still takes pride in that history and despises America, it would be an error in judgment to form a close association with him.

"But it is inconceivable that Barack Obama knew Bill Ayers and Bernadine Dohrn well enough to kick off his first political campaign in their living room, but didn't know that Ayers and Dohrn were Communists who led the Weatherman faction of SDS, urged young people to 'kill your parents,' carried out approximately 30 bombings, including New York City's police headquarters, the Capitol and the Pentagon, celebrated the Charles Manson murders, spent years living underground to avoid criminal prosecution, and continued to express their lifelong hatred for the United States in books, magazine articles, and public speeches."

I guess the Google didn't exist then, huh?

Commentary's Jennifer Rubin concurs: "Bluntly put, it's one thing to hang out with former terrorists who conspired to kill Americans and avowed a hatred for America, it is quite another to lie to voters now. The 'just a guy in the neighborhood' excuse was not quite flying -- the 'I didn't know he was a terrorist' hooey sure isn't."

A new poll gives Obama a 49-43 lead, in line with recent surveys:

"Independent voters are starting to swing behind Barack Obama and Joe Biden, who continue to benefit from economic turmoil and the public response to their debate performances, according to a new Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll.

"The survey, conducted over the weekend, was full of good news for the Democratic presidential ticket. Sen. Obama increased his advantage over Republican rival John McCain when voters were asked which candidate they prefer to handle economic issues at a time when a growing percentage of voters said that was their top concern heading into the election. More voters said they are 'more reassured' by how Sen. Obama was responding to the financial crisis than by Sen. McCain."

And by the way, "voters said by a 50%-to-29% margin that they thought Sens. Obama and Biden did 'a better job in the debates.' "