McCain Surrounds Himself With Bushies, Now Including Karl Rove

Politico reports that Bush's brain Karl Rove and Bush's hatchet man Ken Mehlman have hooked up with the McCain camp as unpaid advisors, joining other Bushies like attack dog Steve Schmidt and media strategist Mark MacKinnon. Bush advisors Dan Bartlett and Sara Taylor are anxious to join as well.

And what kind of campaign are they creating? It looks like they're going to run a national security-slash-terrorism campaign as they try to sell America on a third term for Bush policies. Here is the 2 minute introductory ad the campaign has created, all of it focused on military heroism and saber-rattling:

A 2004-style campaign based on fear of terrorism will fail. Period.