Game on, people

Well, this seems to be the weekend when the top of the ticket gets sown up for Obama. As a great samurai warlaord once said, "After a battle, tighten your helmet cords." The Democratic Party has been through one great battle, and it has been good for us. This primary has enabled the Obama team to hone skills necessary like crisis control and media hit-back. We are reasonably certain that the Rove-style personal destruction and Swift Boat stuff will be responded to immediately this time around.

Candidates at every level should take a lesson: hit the GOPer running against you INSTANTLY with everything you've got at the first hint of Rovian slime. Call a press conference immediately and make the bastard pay for his lies. People do not vote for wimps. Always have a punch-back ready instantly for the lame "scary-liberal-will-raise-your-taxes-and-hand-your-
kids-to-the-terrorists-without-a-flag-pin" bullshit that Republicans inevitably trot out.

We like "corporate-whore-Republican-will-turn-all-of-rural-Missouri-into-a-
covered-hog-farm-and-pass-laws-allowing-the-
big-guys-to-fill-your-streams-with-pig shit" or "(GOPer's name)-voted-with-Blunt-every-day-of-the-week-and-took-a gazzillion-bucks-from-xyz-corporate-whore-lobbyists."

There are many others. Have fun creating your own. You just need to read the paper for the last few years to find material.

It's go time.