Barack Obama’s campaign, which has called for strong action against predatory subprime mortgage lenders, may not be as pure as it says it is, since the campaign co-chairwoman, Penny Pritzker, has close ties to failed lender Superior Bank, writes Erick Erickson. While John McCain takes questions from foreign media, Obama does not, which raises questions about whether he’s ready to communicate with the rest of the world, as the job of president requires him to do, writes Pejman Yousefzadeh.