My Opinion | When Stephani Cutter used the word "felony" in talking about Mitt Rmoney . . . . [View all]

[Stinky The Clown]

. . . . the tenor of the entire campaign, on both sides, may have just experienced a paradigm shift.

(Note: I truly believe Rmoney is capable of a felony of the type alleged by Cutter. I believe he is sufficiently soulless and sufficiently entitled to think he would get away with it and no one would find out, or if they did find out, they would overlook it in him because he's special.)

If the presidential campaign suddenly becomes "grand jury-like" in investigating Rmoney's legal transgressions, his business dealings, and his lack of ethics, with allegation after allegation coming out in drip-drip-drip fashion, we are in for a fun time.

On the other hand, if Cutter's allegations are successfully discredited or even blunted, by the right wing, we could see a shift in support - from Obama to Rmoney.

What we shall see are two spin machines working overtime. One is taking a big risk (Team Obama) while the other is fighting for basic survival. This has the potential to be the Stanley'sSuperWorldSeriesBowl of politics.

The Rmoney camp needs to be very careful about admitting any damned thing, all the while playing Let'sMisdirect like their lives depend on it. Because they do.

Team Obama has to be careful, too. They cannot allege crimes that are too arcane to be *easily* distilled into *easily understandable* sound bites. If this sounds too technical and too arcane, it becomes easier to deflect and harder to keep people (the moron contingent of the American electorate) interested. I can honestly see this being the biggest obstacle to running successfully with the Mitt's a Crook meme. But the other risk is that they been seen as bullies. Rest assured that will be alleged by Rmoney's people. If TeamObama is otherwise successful, the "bully" charge simply won't stick.

In any case, if the race for president is a debate about one guy being a crook, that's quite a low point for American politics.