History may prove a harsh judge

This is an odd strategy for the McCain campaign.

First, they are under the impression that in sharing with America their in-house nickname for Obama – “The One” – most voters will automatically intuit that they mean it satirically. Then the campaign commercial I just saw. The announcer ominously narrates the unfolding drama of ruinously high gas prices, and then asks “Who’s to blame for all this?” And through it all, a chorus of tens of thousands of voices swells as one, chanting “O-Ba-Ma, O-Ba-Ma,” and The One’s shining face appears.

I mean, I know Americans love to hate politicians and pop culture, and both rolled into one makes a tempting target. But Obama is a powerful politician, and the “pop” in “pop culture” does stand for popular.