Republicans Shying Away From Attacking Obama Personally - Doug Mataconis

http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/republicans-shying-away-from-attacking-obama-personally/

Then, the financial crisis hit, on the same day the John McCain makes a speech saying the economy was “fundamentally sound.” McCain’s follow-up response, to “suspend” his campaign to return to Washington, a move that every single person saw as the joke that it was. By the end of September, it was unclear that there was anything that could be done to resurrect McCain/Palin. People like Walsh also forget that the campaign did go personally negative against Obama in October 2008. It showed up in Sarah Palin’s speeches, in the audiences at John McCain’s rallies, and it was all over the campaign surrogate operations on talk radio and Fox News Channel. The impact? The more negative the McCain campaign got, the worse they did in the polls. The people spoke.

I'm not sure what else there will be to campaign on. A bad economy, yes, but what's the alternative?