John McCain's campaign has released another hard-hitting ad today, this time going after Barack Obama for not visiting with American troops during last week's overseas trip. The ad is an improvement over previous McCain efforts because it plays into themes about Obama that the Republican base wants to hear, i.e. that he's not a strong commander-in-chief type like McCain. The ad has also reached more than 300,000 views on You Tube in less than two days - very impressive for a McCain ad. The one downside for McCain: Even his own successes are still all about Obama and not about what McCain would do as president.
Conversely, this new MoveOn.org sponsored ad "Hope: It Could Happen to You" for Barack Obama lacks the serious tone of McCain's effort. That can be mostly explained by the fact that it's targeted for a MTV audience. But the insanely popular Will.i.am video demonstrated that Obama supporters don't need poor man's Daily Show fodder to connect with young voters. Of course, Jon Stewart himself has noted that MoveOn has an uncanny ability to make even winning issues for liberals look bad.
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John McCain risks coming across as a stodgy old man if he keeps snarking at Barack Obama rather than being more proactive himself.
Posted by: cash70
| July 29, 2008 11:43 AM
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