Revealed: The McCain Camp's Secret, Unused Attack Ad Against Romney
Now this is funny. John Dickerson at Slate got his hands on an anti-Mitt Romney ad, which was produced in-house by the McCain campaign about six months but ultimately not used. However, TV audiences may soon see it or something very similar, now that Romney has gone negative on McCain.
Here it is:
A fun footnote to the whole thing: The people who produced the spot later abandoned the McCain campaign during its dark period over this past Summer — and they defected over to Team Romney.
Comments (5)
someparisian wrote on December 28, 2007 2:44 PM:Now that is some tasty politicking.
cms wrote on December 28, 2007 2:46 PM:I dunno -- it's hard for me to comment on the other side, but that looks like a YouTube video to me, rough cut or no. And don't Romney supporters know that he flipped on those key positions? If I were McCain and wanted to go negative, I'd use the anti-endorsement more than those tired clips.
terry hallinan wrote on December 28, 2007 3:15 PM:don't Romney supporters know that he flipped on those key positions?
If they knew anything, they wouldn't be Romney supporters.
Best, Terry
brewmn wrote on December 28, 2007 5:30 PM:Like shooting fish in a barrel. God, I hope Romney's the nominee.
Goldspinner wrote on December 28, 2007 11:18 PM:Perhaps the defectors were Romney folks all along. If McCain had gone negative earlier in the campaign, Romney could easily have bled McCain's coffers dry by forcing McCain to make counter-attack response media buys. Some of us can't wait for the New Hampshire Attorney General to release the findings from the Western Wats "push polling" investigation!
