Joshua Micah Marshall on the mothership says

[T]he message from McCain is more like, "Why do I even have to run against this guy?" That anger and frustration that someone like Obama might be overshadowing him is his achilles heel in this campaign.

Isn't that really how Gore lost in 2000? It was impossible for me to believe Dubya was really running against him, and impossible to take him seriously as a candidate -- I have to suspect that Vice President Gore felt the same way. And now it seems John McCain's in the trap. Well, what's sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander.