Yeah, how many people will see this compared to the people that will see the RNC ad? This ad may get spread around left-leaning blogs and sites but that's it.

Leave Senator McComplain alone! You don't know what he's been through....

Is this Election Central or Muckracker. Election Muck Central Racker?.

Getting sick of all the highlights of the smear war on Obama. Issues please- Obama is in Missouri today. I'm sure he's said something you can cover.

Cute, and sure to be appreciated by the 14 people who will see it, versus the hundreds of thousands who will see the MCain ads on an endless loop courtesy of CNN and MSNBC. Against all odds, McCain has managed to throw Obama on the defensive, trying to explain why the smears in McCain's ads aren't true. Obama better get ahead of the rising tide of garbage, or the narrative will be set in cement by the time the conventions and debates roll around. I, personally, think its is probably too late - he needed his surrogates to slap McCain around a little while he was overseas last week.

Where are Obama surrogates? Does he have any? Do the networks pick which "surrogates" they want? Does Obama not allow surrogates, maybe wanting to control every word spoken?

Obama learned nothing from the Kerry campaign. He's not getting out front of this, he's letting it set in. I am so frustrated with him right now - wake the hell up and do something.

What is he doing with all of the money he is raising other than painting rainbows with his television ads?

If great minds think alike, then McCain and Brittany, well, there you go...

It's nice that an outside group is making a cute response to the McCain ad, but who's going to see it?

And they could have made it a lot better by including shot of McCain hugging Bush.

And why the hell isn't that shot being used more? I get the sense that the Obama campaign is truly trying to stay above the methods of regular campaigning, but c'mon: the "uppity black guy" theme is now out there in the mainstream, and they haven't done anything to combat that.

I gotta say, I'm a little confused over how the Obama campaign is choosing to handle these ads.

And could someone please tell the "spokespeople" of the campaign that a longwinded (even if it's highminded) response just isn't going to do the trick?

I think that it is totally fair to compare notes between two of the great political minds this country has to offer.

I hope that Obama is able to lure Ms. Spears onto his staff. If she keeps giving her great ideas to McCain, then Obama is in greater trouble than we thought.

Any insights or theories on what is taking so long? Is silence or a delayed response part of the strategy?

Where do you draw the line between ignoring speciousness (Swiftboating)to your regret, and giving crap like this a little more fuel?

They were better at the instant smackdown in the primaries.

McCain had a free hand last week while Obama was out of the country, but the fight is back on now that Obama has returned to campaigning.