In addition, John, I just don’t see where this is going for Barack Obama. He has the unfortunate fate to be running against a guy who claimed ZERO earmarks — in his entire career. And as the McCain camp reminded us just today in its radio ad, Obama asked for almost a billion dollars in earmarks in three years in the Senate. So how does this help Obama? I suspect John McCain would love to have an entire debate devoted to earmarks.

But this is par for the course: in the maniacal desire to stomp all over Sarah Palin, the Obama camp and its media fan club go down paths that lead to greater danger and more complications for Obama. But they can’t resist, they can’t stop themselves.