Obama Ad: McCain "Out Of Ideas, Out Of Touch, And Running Out Of Time" (VIDEO)

Obama Ad: McCain "Out Of Ideas, Out Of Touch, And Running Out Of Time"
By Greg Sargent - October 26, 2008, 9:30AM

The Obama campaign goes up with a new 30-second ad designed to pre-emptively frame McCain's expected fusillade of closing attacks as the last gasps of a losing campaign:

The ad revives a line he used against Hillary in the closing days of the Dem primary, charging that McCain "wants to tear Barack Obama down with scare tactics and smears."

Only this time, the spot puts that claim in the context of the economy, saying that McCain's campaign of slime is due to the fact that "McCain's own campaign admits that if the election is about the economy, he's going to lose."

That's the framing the Obama camp has been repeating endlessly and wants for the closing days: Obama wants the campaign to be about which candidate has better solutions on the economy, while McCain's attacks on Obama's character and allegedly questionable background and associations signal nothing but desperation to avoid discussion of the things that matter to voters.

If many recent polls are to be believed, voters are seeing the race in precisely these terms, and as a result don't appear to be listening to or getting swayed by McCain's attacks. The question is whether the frame will hold for another 10 days.

VIDEO at LINK - http://tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com/2008/10/obama_ad_mccain_out_of_ideas_o.php

by reminding the people that McCain doesn't want to talk economy but he does, Barack appears Presidential and as someone out to solve the serious problems facing our nation.

This ad is SPOT ON! :kick: