Obama’s Ads in Key States Go on Attack

Source: New York Times

WASHINGTON — Senator Barack Obama has started a sustained and hard-hitting advertising campaign against Senator John McCain in states that will be vital this fall, painting Mr. McCain in a series of commercials as disconnected from the economic struggles of the middle class.

Mr. Obama has begun the drive with little fanfare, often eschewing the modern campaign technique of unveiling new spots for the news media before they run in an effort to win added (free) attention. Mr. Obama, whose candidacy has been built in part on a promise to transcend traditional politics, is running the negative commercials on local stations even as he runs generally positive spots nationally, during prime-time coverage of the Olympics.

The negative spots reflect the sharper tone Mr. Obama has struck in recent days on the stump as he heads into his party’s nominating convention in Denver next week, and seem to address the anxiety among some Democrats that Mr. Obama has not answered a volley of attacks by Mr. McCain with enough force.

“If you can go quietly negative, that’s what he’s done; I think the perception is that he’s still running the positive campaign,” said Evan Tracey, president of the Campaign Media Analysis Group of TNS Media Intelligence, which monitors political advertising. “It’s a pretty smart, high-low, good cop/bad cop strategy.”

In Philadelphia; East Lansing, Mich.; Green Bay, Wis.; and at least five other major cities, Mr. Obama is heavily showing an advertisement contrasting a statement by Mr. McCain that “we have had a pretty good, prosperous time with low unemployment,” with appearances by people making statements like, “The prices of gas are up; the prices of milk are up.”...

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I am so happy Obama has decided to go this route. Until now Democratic candidates have chosen the so called 'high road' and have lost. We don't need to lie or distort, but rather to get the truth out there and rub the Republican's noses in it, confront them with it repeatedly and relentlessly. That Obama has chosen to run his campaign not on the defensive gives me some hope that things could turn around this year. Let the Republicans run, squawking and shitting themselves like the chickens that they are.

The Iowa Democratic Party just released this gem. Why WOULDN'T we try and keep these attacks up. He is seriously out of touch and runing a campaign of distratcions.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qKrqzyKw0gk

seriously though, this is a huge weakness for mccain. he already has an awful record on women's issues, but he lies about his support too!

McCain has been given a head start but I think Obama can pull it off if he remains relentless, doesn't excuse himself, doesn't assume the election is in the bag, and for Shiva's sake doesn't pick John Kerry as his VP. Keep the pig fluffers under fire until the very end.

fuck the dry powder, there's too much on McSame to roll over for his pitiful attacks.

I keep hearing about these ads and I am desperate to see them. The newest ads i found on Youtube were a week old. These have come out only in the last three days.

Follow the link in the OP.

http://video.on.nytimes.com/?fr_chl=89b7531bc7916a86a15895fcb99b3f4da15a569d