TalkingPointsMemo

by Walter Alarkon - 10/31/08 9:17 AM ET

John McCain is attacking Palestinian scholar and Columbia University professor Rashid Khalidi because Khalidi is an Arab whose ties to Barack Obama could highlight the idea that the Democrat is foreign and friendly with Muslims, writes Josh Marshall. A new McCain campaign mailer featuring Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) that was sent out to Pennsylvania voters makes it seem like the Republican is trying to run in a Democratic primary, writes Marshall.

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