I noted just the other day my belief that the Republicans and the media should halt their attacks on Palin ASAP and that Obama is best not getting himself into an “experience” argument with the Alaskan governor and that is apparently the road he plans to take. From Politico:

As Sarah Palin transforms herself from obscure Alaska governor to
the Republican Party’s newest rising star and most effective attack dog, Barack Obama’s campaign will largely sit back, watch her rise and hope she falls.

The Obama campaign has no silver bullet to use against the Palin. Instead, Obama has decided to largely avoid directly engaging her and will instead keep his focus largely on John McCain and on linking the Republican ticket to President George W. Bush. The Obama campaign will leave Palin to navigate the same cycle of celebrity that Obama has weathered, and the same peril that her nascent image will be defined by questions and contradictions from her Alaska past.

The problem Obama faces is that every attack on experience only reminds people of his. My guess is that Palin will truly be an attack dog and a rising star doing everything possible to keep the Obama clan on the defensive. The problem is, attacking her only distracts the Obama team from the main target, McCain.