Because the Issue is Obama

  If the economy has taken a clear No. 1 position - beyond terror and 
national security - as the issue of most concern to the voters, why is the 
McCain-Palin ticket spending so much time attacking Barack Obama for his 
past associations?

Because the fundamental issue in this campaign is Obama - his values, his 
beliefs, his character. Having done practically zero as an Illinois state 
senator, and absolutely zero during three years in the U.S. Senate, Obama 
has no substantive legislative record. So we're left with judging him (a) 
by what he says (and he has an oily ability to say anything on just about 
every side of every issue), and (b) by the company he keeps (and has 
kept).

POINTER

http://townhall.com/Columnists/RossMackenzie/2008/10/16/the_issue_is_obama