With this election hanging, at least partially, on the outcomes of Ohio and Pennsylvania Obama’s blunt assertion that his policies will make coal companies bankrupt could well be the silver bullet that kills his campaign.

The ball’s in McCain/Palin’s hand, and if Palin can harp on this coal issue loud enough to drown out her partner’s inexplicable decision to start talking about amnesty for illegal immigrants, she may just take it into the endzone.