Prediction

While John McCain will mostly rise above it, I predict the rest of the GOP machine will go into overdrive with variations on the following theme between now and November:

Barack Obama's name is Muslimy sounding and you know what that means.

Points will include:

• Obama only denounced Farrakhan... he did not reject him.
• Obama does not sufficiently love Jews (see Farrakhan point above).
• Obama does not sufficiently love Israel (see Farrakhan point above).
• Since Obama does not sufficiently love Jews or Israel, he is a racist. Or a fascist. Or a communist. Or a Muslimist. Or some other ist.
  
• Obama's middle name is Hussein, like "Saddam Hussein". Get it? Get it????
• Obama is black but that's ok because the GOP is very enlightened these days. But he does seem a little Muslimish around the nose and eyes, maybe... and the chin. You can definitely see it in the chin.