John McCain's campaign consists primarily of negative attacks on Barack Obama. But on those rare occasions when he "goes positive," McCain's claim to fame is the alleged success of "the surge" in Iraq. In fact, as Satyam at ThinkProgress notes, McCain now advocates a "surge" as the solution for just about everything.

Moments ago, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) — who last year famously admitted to not understanding economics — called for an “economic surge” in a speech in Ohio today...

McCain’s policy prescriptions for the major issues often boil down to simply tacking on the word “surge.” In the past, he has trumpeted the Iraq surge and recently embraced an Afghanistan surge. Last week, he suggested a surge to control inner-city crime.

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John McCain's campaign has gone straight downhill since he put Karl Rove deputy Steve Schmidt in charge on July 2. Schmidt's latest creation jumps the shark by weaving in footage of Britney Spears to portray Obama as a vapid celebrity.

At this point, the only appropriate response to McCain's ads is pure sarcasm. Here's the "ad" I would produce if I had time:

Ad: Army Boots

Announcer: Barack Obama's mother wears army boots, and here's the proof:

As Barack Obama gets the attention of the world - and the media - John McCain is utterly freaking out. First Read puts it as gently as possible:

The New Yorker's "satirical" cover page about Barack and Michelle Obama has inspired some interesting McCain covers. Here's the new Vanity Fair:

After Nouri al Maliki declared his support for Barack Obama's 16-month withdrawal plan to Der Spiegel, the Busheviks squeezed Maliki's testicles as hard as they could to get him to "walk back" his statement.

But Maliki stood his ground. On Sunday, his spokesman Ali al-Dabbagh said Maliki did not endorse Obama's candidacy - which is consistent with what Maliki told Der Spiegel - but refused to "walk back" Maliki's support for Obama's 16-month plan.

Chris Bowers nails it so I'll just quote him:

McCain: Forget Democracy, Do What The Military Says

Elected presidents of the United States and Iraq should just do what the leaders of the American military say they should do. At least, that is what McCain thinks, according to their statement that was released in response to Al-Malaki: