McCain v. Obama 2: Townhall of Fury

It is upon us, the second in a series of three. A performance art piece in which two of the nation's elite pretend to listen to questions from the audience and then launch into their stump speeches vaguely related to the question an undecided voter asks. "Yes Mr. Crump, energy independence is important, that's why I think Barack Obama should stop planting suitcase nukes in maternity wards of hospitals with Bill Ayers and the ghost of Timothy McVeigh."

For McCain, he needs a gamechanger. A good one this time, not like the other crazy and wildly unsuccessful gamechangers he conceived in some sort of demented ether binge. With him bleeding out support in every state and Palin's debate performance failing to halt Obama's surge (hint: because she sounded like a chattering baboon) he needs to take the bull by the horns. Unfortunately he's an idiot. Instead of trying to stake out a position on the economy and convince people he knows what to do, he's going to abandon it like its Michigan and flog the Ayers/Wright pony. Because that's what people are concerned with, so say the creatures he hallucinates after a bottle of Gonzo-grade ether.

Obama just has to make no mistakes and continue to look Presidential and not like some flailing, confused septuagenarian. Frankly he could probably walk over and knee McCain in the groin and, as long as he got off a good one liner, he'd be in the clear. The only way to let McCain back in it is for Obama to make a massive mistake. Like dumping Joe Biden for Palin or trying to ignore the greatest financial crisis in decades.

It is, as mentioned, a town hall format and is moderated by Tom Brokaw. The venue is Belmont University, a Christian university in Nashville, Tennessee. So expect a lot of questions about Nashville public works projects and Willie Nelson: God or mortal. Become Democratically fulfilled.