Interesting that Obama is targeting his attack ads to specific States, while going largely positive in National buys.

Targeted one state ads could be really effective.

I do wish the ad would have asked "What does John McCain plan to do with the nuclear waste from the 45 new Nuclear Power Plants his energy plan calls for.

McCain: Obama Is Like "A Big Summer Blockbuster" John McCain upped the rhetoric in his campaign's efforts to paint Barack obama as a vapid celebrity, using this line in his weekly radio address: "Taking in my opponent's performances is a little like watching a big summer blockbuster, and an hour in realizing that all the best scenes were in the trailer you saw last fall.

I can't for the life of me work myself into the panic attack that seems to come so easily to some around here

Jeez,

Are you always this pessimistic about everything or just politics. Dude don't be a Debbier-Downer.

I actually think that this is good politics by the Obama campaign. As Hilary Clinton and Al Gore and everyone else knows, you win the presidency by the electoral college, i.e. individual states. You do not win by the popular vote which is what the national polls essentially measure.

Bye targeting states specifically, obama is truly using a 50 state strategy. While McCain is busy releasing national ads (when most people agree that most voters aren't really paying attention). But what do people pay attention to, their local news, newspaper. Many people read their local newspaper daily, but they may not watch national news as much. By specifically targeting states Obama is putting the issues in the context of what should be important to the voter.

Interesting approach by the Obama campaign on using positive ads for National buys unless they are counterattack ads and the actual ATTACK ads are more for local issues.

Remember all politics are local.

I would like to see Obama run attack ads in Pennyslvania and Florida attacking McCain on privatizing social security. He should start running them this week since it is the anniversary of social security and McCain will be in Pennsylvania on Monday with Tom Ridge.

Tom Ridge is pro-choice so I am not sure if conservatives will like that at all.

My in-laws are very pro-life and Republican. If Tom Ridge is on the ticket, they won't be voting for McCain.

McLame is getting restless day by day, scrambling for news. He has to come up with a attention grabbing "quip" to stay in the news.

He doesn't have shit, no plan or vision. McLame is even not good at attack strategy. Blockbuster- I wonder how many normal people would be worried about Obama now.

Jon Stewart had a great opening segment this past Wednesday that is worth checking out(though I don't know if this direct link will work)-
http://www.comedycentral.com/videos/index.jhtml?videoId=178663

It's amazing how new off-shore drilling can now be producing oil within months according to the McCain, surrogates and bought and paid for talking heads.

Privatization of Social Security is good but we have better:

John McCain said "Social Security is a disgrace." he is against our repaying the prior generation for what they gave us and against our wanting our parents and grandparents to be secure.

I call upon all those who oppose a national medical plan and social security to do without them. I have yet to hear of any conservative sending their social security back to the government.

Most of the post 65 that say they have private medical plans only have supplemental plans - that rely on Medicare. Without it their premiums would be in the thousands of dollars.

so Obama is batman? I'll take that.

Not really, when you consider that we saw McCain's "trailer" back in 2000. And that was when he really had something to say rather than using Character Assassination as his platform.

Nobody wants a whiner as their President, and that's about all McCain has to offer at this point in the race.

The only good thing to come of this Edwards mess is that he shared the stage with Oilbama when he endorsed him. Thank god he did not endorse Hillary. Edwards is just another typical scumbag Oilbama supporter who stands by Oilbama's vote for Dick Cheneys Big Oil Energy Bill.

DumbBillC (see what I did there, pretty damn clever of me) is only trying to pit Obama supporters against Clinton supporters as pathetically obvious as he is about it. Typical GOP flamethrower troll.

I can't believe that Amy Silverman's profile of McMajorShit published in the Phoenix New Times News on August 7th has sunk beneath the waves so quickly. It reads as being balanced and presents him in a DEVASTATING light. She has a longtime perspective on his career centering in Arizona and has covered his activities for nearly three decades from Phoenix. After reading it, one understands why the Nancy Reagan endorsement last month was such an ICY affair. Apparently, the lady in red loathes him. It was all political expediency.
Here's the link for anyone interested:

http://phoenixnewtimes.com/content/printVersion/848709

Please distribute widely!

It's funny, Jon Stewart remarked about the same thing (the bad poker face) when McCain was meeting with the Dalai Lama. Said he was like a kid at a rest home, he looked so uncomfortable.