David Cameron is to borrow Barack Obama’s slogan “Plan for Change” for the Conservative conference.

This does show a grest deal of confidence on the Conservatives’ part, even though to be fair the Conservatives are in a better political posiiton than the Democrats, as they are leading by ten points even after their opponents conference bounce and before their own. Even though the differences in the political systems mean that even with a 10% lead, winning would be hard for the Tories.

Cameron has begun his comeback against Brown after his conference speech, and espiecally his “not the time for a novice” line – which could be aimed at either Miliband and other rebels, Cameron or even, technically, Obama himself*:

Let’s look at the question of experience. Yes, this Prime Minister has got experience … he has got the experience of saying year after year ‘I have ended boom and bust’.

And yet now we face really difficult economic circumstances. Now, I don’t think that is the experience we need right now.

Buuuuurn.

So what the Conservatives need to do now is develop their policies so thst the people know exactly what they stand for and what they will do when in government.

Let’s plan for change.

* This actually sets up an interesting question: is Brown turning this into a copy of the American presidential battle – with himself as McCain and Cameron as Obama? Perhaps not the wisest decision.