A reality check is needed.  For John McCain to conveniently latch onto Obama's "change" election strategy and wow Republican crowds is getting headlines:

HUGE, RAUCOUS CROWDS TURN OUT TO CHEER MCCAIN, PALIN

VICE PRESIDENTIAL PICK GIVES NEW LIFE TO GOP CAMPAIGN

These headlines heralded the beginning to the campaign 2008 article by Elizabeth Bumiller and Jeff Zelent of the New York Times that appeared in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer September 6 as follows: