WaPo: Tough times for McCain, rough stuff from Palin

A pair of pieces from The Washington Post demonstrate in detail the dilemma the Republican ticket faces and how Gov. Sarah Palin has set about solving it. Life in Michigan has flatlined along with the economy, leading folks to vote Democratic — while at a rally in Clearwater, Fla., Palin gets the crowd riled with her “kind of rough” rhetoric. Links, quotes and video from a rally that got ugly after the jump.