O. MY. GOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Take off that Hillary Clinton, Dick! We know it's really you under there, Cheney.

Stay classy, Hill.

Oh, and I'll take the candidate who said that the war in iraq was going to divert resources from our real enemy instead of voting for said war. Thanks.

Fear mongering? We don't fear-monger? What on earth are you talking about?!?!?

This is a contrast ad...

Democrat my ass. It is really sad that the biggest names of the party, don't really belong to our party.

Oh brother.

Recycling worn out old quotes from the '40s.

I guess when your appealing to the grandparent generation, you do that.

Thing is...John McWalkingCane has the old fart vote wrapped up, so I don't see the point.

I'll vote for Hope over Fear any day, thank you.

Terrible ad on multiple levels. What's the media buy? I suspect it won't be large....

Certainly not that lieing sack of shit!

I'm surprised to that she didn't mention Obama's relationship with Osama.

Big old C.

The late update link goes to a clip of Bill Clinton's quote, but it doesn't look like an ad.

Is Obama putting that in an ad? I really hope so.

The quote: "Now one of Clinton's Laws of Politics is this: If one candidate's trying to scare you and the other one's trying to get you to think; if one candidate's appealing to your fears and the other one's appealing to your hopes, you better vote for the person who wants you to think and hope. That's the best."

Oh, there goes Bill Clinton off-message again...

Threatening not to vote for Clinton in November is an empty threat. Clinton won't be on the ballot in November, so I doubt that any of us will vote for her then.

As I see it, the November campaigning has started, and Senator Clinton still favors her friend, Senator McCain over Senator Obama in that election. So, she is just doing her part now.

Pretty wretched, no doubt. But I'll still put on a gas mask and vote for her in November should she manage to steal the nomination. You guys really want two more Scalias on the Supreme Court?

Fear mongering

Yeah, and Truman was such GREAT president.
Other than ending WWII (which is nothing to sneeze at) he wasn't a very good President.

I agree, not a very good ad. I thought her 3am ad was better and more effective but what do I know. I am definitely not her target audience - I have a brain.

I'm curious why Obama (or a 527) doesn't run a last minute ad reminding voters of all the drama and tribulations of the Clinton years. Too unseemly? Too much in the gutter?

In 30 seconds, you could do a nice montage of travelgate, the failed health care initiative, Monica, the vast right wing conspiracy, the meaning of is, the impeachment, the Mark Rich pardon, the Clintons' leaving the White House with government furniture in tow. And then a voice at the end, "Do Americans want another 4 years of Bill and Hillary Clinton in the White House?"

Would Hillary get too much sympathy from this kind of approach? Would it harm Obama too much?

I've been amazed there haven't been at least some subtle reminders about the fundamental recklessness and immaturity of the Clinton years.

They even named the dam ad "Kitchen" I mean COME ON how funny is that.

Harry Truman eh? Wasn't he that wildly unpopular president who couldn't get any of his proposals passed? The guy who dropped nuclear bombs on Japan? The guy whose administration was riddled with corruption?

If there is a difference between Hillary and the GOP, I really don't see it. Abortion and health care, maybe. That's it.

The GOP would use every one of her ads. Just change the names of the candidates.

I thought the whole point of being a Democrat is that we want an end to this sort of pathetic fear-mongering. But Hillary's complaints about "Democratic activists" reveal that she relies on the useful idiots on the Left, just as Bush has relied on the useful idiots on the Right.

Here is another supporter ad using the Bill Clinton clip with other footage. Huzzah!

I would like to state the record, or perhaps, re-state the record, just for the record.

Arguably the largest organizational task either candidate has undertaken to date is their campaigns for President.

Obama = B+ to A
Hillary= C to D+

Now I am certain some Hillary supporters will give her higher marks, this IS subjective. However, not even a passionate Hillary supporter could argue that she deserves higher marks than Barack. In fact HAD she run a better campaign this primary season most probably WOULD have been over by now.

So if we are going to talk about who is ready, let's do judge them by their record as executives.

What is striking about this is that when Mark Andreesen of Netscape asked Obama in 2007 if people needed to be concerned about his relative inexperience as an executive, Obama responded by saying, "watch how I run my campaign ---you'll see my leadership skills in action."
http://tpmcafe.talkingpointsmemo.com/talk/2008/03/marc-andressen-an-hour-and-a-h.php

Seems outright prescient at this juncture doesn't it.

Ha ha ha. Drudge is running some internal Clinton polling showing them beating him 2-1 in some place in Pa. I'd want the head of the staffer that leaked that information on a plate. Way to set those expectations guys!

CLINTON INTERNALS SHOW 11-POINT LEAD IN PA
Mon Apr 21 2008 11:10:14 ET

**Exclusive**

Controlled excitement is building inside of Clinton's inner circle as closely guarded internal polling shows the former first lady with an 11-point lead in Pennsylvania!

Clinton is polling near to nearly 2 to 1 over Obama in many regions of the state, a top insider explained to the DRUDGE REPORT.

A strong coalition of middle-class and religious voters has all but secured a Clinton victory Tuesday, with headline-making margins, the campaign believes.

"It's not a matter of if, it's a matter of how much," a senior campaign source said Monday morning.

When pressed if the dramatic internal polling numbers could somehow be flawed in a state as demographically complex as Pennsylvania, and with new voter registration surging to unseen levels, the campaign insider held firm.

"Senator Obama would be wise not to unpack his bags quite yet."

MORE

With less than 24 hours to go until the beginning of the end of primary season voting, Obama has handedly captured Philadelphia and Pittsburgh, but has failed to dominate suburban sprawl, the campaign's polling reveals.

An 11-point victory in Pennsylvania for Clinton would expand on margins scored in Ohio.

Clinton will quickly move to feverishly focus on Indiana starting Tuesday night, hoping to somehow convince superdelegates that she not only has superior stamina but has crucial swing state appeal.

Without superdelegate intervention, Clinton still faces impossible math to nomination.

Developing...

I truly fail to understand the outrage. Osama bin Laden is an issue, even though the war for which she voted distracted the US from dealing with Al Qaeda.

On the other hand, her comparing herself with previous great presidents was hilarious.

Wooooo Hoooooooooooooooo

The campaign responded with Bill Clinton's statement about fear vs. hope.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!

I love this candidate and I really love his campaign. O god, talk about leadership - when do they mess up royally? They haven't yet - small missteps, but $51 million dollars and a campaign that stays on message better than I have seen in years and years and years.

I will note, Obama is relatively unique as a prof of con law. a con law "perfessor" with apparently no scholarship to his name. You see, that's what affrimative action means, you get advanced without having to do anything. Not a very good system, I think : (

And it makes me wonder if he really is competent enough to do the job, if he basically got a free ride in his main employment of his life.

I guess this is what you get when you whine about being outspent 3-1.

End the Bush/Clinton regime!

I guess the troll couldn't raise enough reaction just with weaver's not quite overt racism, and decided to put up another nym who would go whole hog.

Milo.

Our own personal Grand Wizard of the KKK.

just what was lacking!

Meh. On a scale of 1-10, with one equaling puppies and flowers and 10 the daisy chain ad, this is a three. Fact is, the ad kind of blows. One thing that's been consistent for her throughout the campaign is really bad ads. The three a.m ad was clumsy, last week's man-on-the-street felt like a bad high school play and this one just comes off as lackluster. Maybe the ad guys think they'll be stiffed when it comes time to get paid and are phoning it in.

I'm sick of Hillary's kamikaze approach to this primary, but I'm actually with you on this one, foreigner. Her entire (public) reason for staying in this race is that she believes she's better suited for potential crises in the White House. This ad just shows a lot of crises and asks who you think is better prepared for them. What's the issue?

Perfect ad.

She will get him because she is strong on national.

America hates a whiner but they hate obl more.

Clinton by 30.

I have not heard a positive comment on this site for Hillary, so the comments are common.

If the new ad is about fear, you might thank GWB for scaring you for the past 7 years. Hillary doesn't own the trademark on fear. She's believes in the promise and hope this nation holds and is fighting for it. That is courage and thats a leader.

And it would be a non story if GWB had caught Osama, but hasn't now why hasn't he? Because the Bush family is friends with the Osama family thats why

Actually, I'm beginning to think HRC has even fewer scruples than Tricky Dick. I hate to say this about another woman but she is scum.

There is a Vast Chasm Between Hillary's proposed policies and Senator Obama's.

Their proposals are very similar, but Hillary is lying her arse of like she usually does, and she will ditch all policy promises that are opposed by her Fat Cat Cabal.

There is a reason why 60% of the American voters find her to be untruthful and untrustworthy. She achieved it the old fashion way by habitually lying her arse off.

How many of you are foolish enough to fall for her promises now. Are you among that 40% of the voters who are easily fooled all the time!

The problem with this ad? It reminds everyone about her Bosnia lies. She shoulda stood in the kitchen making cookies.

Good comeback from the Obama campaign! Thanks for the update Greg.

It's a good ad. Sure it shows Bin Laden. Unless we're saying that Bin Laden isn't out there any more, then I think that the next President will have to deal with him.

But here's today's Obama response that I found more interesting. In a speech this is what he said to Hillary:

"You learned the wrong lessons from those Republicans who were going after you in same way using the same tactics all those years. I don't want us to become like them. I want us to change the country."

I'm sure that appeals to all those young, idealistic folks who are voting for him. There are only two problems with it. First, Obama hasn't thus far changed politics. He's partaking in the same mud-slinging low politics as Hillary. Sure, he blames it all on her, but that doesn't stop him from going negative. Second, the GOP just won the last two elections doing politics as usual.... like all Presidents before them did. Obama isn't going to change anything, and certainly not in the coming months as he goes before the GOP hit machine. Obama may talk about his dream world of politics, but he lives in the real world. And it was in the real world that he wilted before tough questioning by two moderators on ABC, and later whined about it. And it is in the real world that he will lose to McCain, because McCain isn't going to be a high-minded whimp.

Obama, you've wasted so much time and money talking about a new kind of politics. You've got to get into the White House first. The GOP hasn't signed any agreement saying they will renounce negative attacks. You're dreaming. Or worse, you're trying to capitalize on the naiveté of young voters as a way of covering your vulnerability when it comes to hand to hand combat. We need a fighter. We need someone who can handle the Republican's tactics. You're not that someone.

Hillary is ready for anything? HA!
Her campaign wasn't even ready Obama...thought they would have it all wrapped up after Super Tuesday.

Best. Ad. Ever.

As confirmed by everyone's reaction against it in this comment thread. lol!

She really knows her target audience.

The Clinton campaign is moderating all the comments for this video on YouTube. So far, not one comment has been posted for this. Guess they can't take the heat.

Somebody should remind Obama, we were not in two wars when President Clinton was running.

obl did not carry out the biggest attack in US history when he was running.

Lets get real, Al Qaeda is stronger than ever and they attack when new leaders take office.

This is McCain's best issue and you better saddle up and have this argument or you will lose three in a row.

Stop your whining, we are still at war and whining will not get obl.

Just showed my wife the ad, she was not imprssed.

"To generic," she says. Hillary is not mentioned until the end of the ad. There's nothing backing her to the claims she'll be the best.

This could backfire on her. It'd sure be funny if she LOST tomorrow!

Hillary! It's 3:00 am! There's a phone call!
It's for Bill!

Something about a VIP service . . .

I wonder if folks are projecting their anger over other Clinton acts onto this ad. I think that there are a million and one things that Sen Clinton's campaign has done over the course of this campaign that I have found reprehensible (John McCain has reached the C-i-C threshold, Wright is a legitimate issue, a race between McCain and Clinton would be two patriots, etc), but this ad is not really among them. This seems to me to be a poor ad, but not especially beyond the pale in any important respect. Is it perhaps just that so many of us are so disappointed in her based on her other acts that we are poised to explode in response to anything. Otherwise, I am hard pressed to understand the number of altogether reasonable and intelligent folks I have seen upthread who have claimed that this ad was the final straw which have moved them to lose any last trace of fondness that they once harbored for Sen Clinton.

Just when you think she can't stoop any lower, she does. Just like Bush and the Republicans.

It's too late to put that out now, but they should use that in an ad. Often.

I didn't want anything to do with Obama, before, because I feel about Obama like I feel about Jesus,I like the dude, it's the followers I can live without.

But the more information about working with that guy with the Weathermen - and if he DOES agree with Bin Ladin that Amerika brought 9/11 on itself,I am beginning to like him more and more.

I think he has a point, now.

The more I think about it, the less I think this is such a fear-mongering piece.

It does appeal to fear, but the basic message "Pick ME!!! Pick ME!!! Oh, teacher, pick MEEEEEE!" is really the same she's always had.

I think the appropriate response is to give more money to Obama, and to volunteer to make calls or drive voters to the polls if you live in Pennsylvania. The response to something like this is more democracy, not less.

Doesn't this ad violate a basic principle of "don't ask a question when you can't be sure of the answer."

Because when I look at that and am then asked, "who do you think has what it takes?" I immediately think Obama. And a whole lot of people agree with me.

She should run a stronger ad like this. Pound him on national security.

His whining shows he is weak and can't win the general.

HILLARY TURDBLOSSOM CLINTON HAS PASSED

THE FEAR MONGER IN CHIEF THRESHOLD.

again, while obama-ites get all exorcized, a review of the actual commercial reveals nothing either untrue, invalid or unfair. tpm and obama-ites act as if the only image throughout the piece is of osama bin laden, or that he's the last ominous figure, or the like. but i believe i saw historical footage of the crash, or pearl harbor, of the energy crisis, of osama, of katrina, perhaps other images.

central tenets of the ad: (1) unforseen situations beyond presidents' control inevitably impact a presidency for better or worse, and (2) assessing which candidate of the remaining 3 can best confront those unforseen realies is a fair question to put to voters.

i'm absolutely sure that there are any number of folks in pennsylvania and elsewhere who strongly feel that obama is the best to handle such unforseen events. obviously, the clinton campaign believes their candidate is the best and believes voters in pa believe that to be the case.

we'll know come tomorrow evening, but all the incessant obama-ite whining anytime someone does anything but annoint their candidate as the 21st century political messiah is truly becoming all one can stand.

bordering on pathetic at this point, and that critique goes to the many obama-sympathizers and lovers in the media ranks.

HILLARY TURDBLOSSOM CLINTON HAS PASSED

THE FEAR MONGER IN CHIEF THRESHOLD.

I think observer's nailed it. Imagine how far behind she would actually be if the MSM hand't decided to braodcast all of her attacks as anything other than the desperate flailings of the loser that she is?

It's a brilliant ad!

This should remind everyone that when it came time to hunt down bin Laden, Hillary did the right thing and voted for the bill authorizing the use of force against Iraq, 5000 miles away from where bin Laden was hiding.

Bravo Hillary! Thanks for reminding us about why you are the trustworthy candidate on this and so many other issues!

In the early debates, Biden or Dobbs should have challenged her assumption that her husband's administration, accomplishments, and experiences were her own. We wouldn’t be here if they would have been tougher on her experience claims in the earlier debates.

Given that the last time she was in the kitchen, there were numerous verifiable stories of Hillary Clinton being unable to handle the heat, and either melting down or exploding... well...

And the thing of it is, she wasn't even a sous-chef.

I don't want any president that combustable in the White House, regardless of whether their name is Hillary Clinton *OR* John McCain.

I don't want someone who looks like a deer caught in the headlights, reading a book to a bunch of kids while New York burns... and I don't want someone who storms, screams, and swears obscenities at their underlings, isolated from the public, while surrounding themselves with yes men... rushing to judgement without at least thinking of how we can bring the rest of the world onboard to help address the crisis.

Barack Obama maintains his composure, even when under great pressure, and he responds to challenges in a unified, forceful manner with a high degree of clarity and gravitas. That's who I want in the White House when there's a crisis.

Okay people. Deep calming breaths. Don't go all Nader 2000. I'm disgusted with how Hillary has run her campaign since late January. In a perfect world, I would vote to cut off my nose to spite my face and vote McCain. But... these are not perfect times. The "Commenter Formerly Known as NCSteve" had it right. It's the Supreme Court, stupid. No matter how stinky a DLC candidate she picks, it would be much better than anything a McCain administration would nominate.

oooohhh.. that is so scarey. Get a grip folks and dont be quite so sensitive. I could have written the comments here before I even saw the ad.

If Hillary wins tomorrow by 15 plus points, then it was a good strategy, if not, then it looks like Obama's locked it up.

we only have about 35 hours to wait.

I'll be gung ho f