Good. Hammer them daily in Ohio from now until November.

I'll bet Plouffe has been looking for an issue to eviscerate McCain with. Looks like he's found one.

I hope that guy that wants change beat that wrinkle white hair dude over the head with the economy.

Ahhh gals and guys . . . Stop being so hard on McInsane . . . The plant closing thingy was four years ago.

That's almost 104 flip-flops ago.

I think this is precisely the kind of strategy Obama needs to be enacting, and I couldn't be happier that he's doing it. If certain people were complaining about Obama not hitting McCain hard enough, I think they just got the response they were looking for.

this is an excellent, proactive angle. it ties together a specific event, the takeover, with a character issue, mcCain's insider status. good stuff.

The Republicants biggest problem is that McInsane's present heir apparent, Mitt Romeny, made all his cash doing exactly this sort of business transaction again and again.

I think this is the perfect add to hit MCbushSame. Just being factual, without over doing it. And it will definitely counter act the McBushSame message as Senator Obama=job killer machine...

I think they could link this also to the tank deal. Remember McBushSame was behind this deal too...

This is a winner for Senator Obama.

So, those who asked for hit McCain harder must be happier than ever.

Bring him hell!

ok y'all think mccain paused for a long time during the viagra question wait until the media get him or during the debates...............

This may be the item that tips OH (which has been moving slowly to Obama) firmly into the Obama camp. Some points.
This is the type of issue which is perfect for radio, but it requires a large buy that gets inserted into the subconscious. One of my friends is a long-time Democratic media consultant who is a firm believer that a well-done radio ad has a much longer-lasting impact if it is able to create a mental image--but that requires repetition as well as clever crafting. He said that he often will be in an area where he did a campaign a few years prior and will mention he did the media for X. The person will say what a great TV ad it was and describe visuals--it was, however, a radio ad. TV can have a big, immediate impact but it is not as long lasting in most instances. By doing radio, they are making this last and can come back to it in late October and revive the memory.
This is also a great radio play because the Olympics starts tonight and a TV ad on this gets drowned out and would seem inappropriate. Obama's Olympic ad strikes the right tone--and, ironically, the working hands Obama spot subliminally reinforces, or plays off, the radio ad. Home run.
The other important aspect is the political geography of OH. The Wilmington area (i.e., the surrounding counties) is where Republicans have to run up large margins to offset Cleveland and other cities. Democrats won statewide by large margins in 2006 because they reduced the margins in this (and similar) areas and carried some of them. This has the potential to destroy the base vote McCain has to have to win OH. McCain is absolutuely guilty on this one and folks who are loosing their jobs so that his campaign manager can make big bucks as a lobbyist tend to get pissed off and stay that way. Since McCain cannot win without OH, this election may be in the process of being decided in August.
This also destroys the McCain image/narrative/myth/memory as being "above tawdry politics." Will it be this big? Time will tell but expect panic from McCain--they may be scum but they are not stupid. The sliming of Obama will increase exponentially. The problem is that doing it during the Olympics can backfire on McCain. The timing is just pefect for Obama.

Obama has just arrived in Hawaii (Oahu) 2:35 PM HST

3:32 PM HST
Sen Danny Akaka and Cong Neil Abercrombie are in attendance

According to him the first thing he is going to do after the rally is go to Zippys or Rainbow Drive in For a plate lunch and shave ice.
He spoke about health care issues.
He also emphasized the need to get out of Iraq and to finish up in
Afghanistan; and the need to make sure that homeless Veterans are a thing of the
past.

Obama should visit Alaska and Arkansas so he can then trumpet that he has visited all 50 States since January.

Don't forget McCain's unrelenting efforts to send the 41 billion dollar tanker contract to France. My family in Seattle are still pissed. Of course, his wife stands to make a killing when Bud sells to the Belgians. I wonder how many American jobs that is going to cost in St. Louis.

It seems for McCain outsourcing all of our jobs is better than Viagra.

its not straight talk, its slant talk. hes talking out of the corner of his mouth. he hired karl rovers goons to do his talking for him. he stopped caring a long time ago about issues that affect americans, but hes always cared about winning the presidency. what a shame.

Why isn't "The Hands" ad from the Obama camp on the right side panel, the same panel in which McLame's ads are featured?

The Obama volunteers all across the State will tip Ohio for him. I can't count the number of people we have registered to vote, a lot of people who are just as enthusiastic for Obama as the campaign fellows.

But Rick Davis certainly will help.

It seems to me that the "rope-a-dope" strategy mentioned on the main page by one of the commenters seems to be in effect here, or at the very least a patience on the part of the Obama campaign. While John McCain wastes more money trying a tactic that has a big chance of failing, the Obama campaign quietly sits by and takes some minor hits until it sees a huge opening, something that will IMMEDIATELY have a large impact and resonate with voters.

Maybe we can refer to it using the old military term "fire superiority". McCain may fire more, but Obama fires more accurately.

This ad is the kind of ad that the Obama campaign should continue to use against McCain. It's issues oriented and subtly defines McCain as a hypocrite without fabrication.

McCain's attacks: Defamation of Character.

Obama's attacks: Definition of Character

Should this ad work well in SW Ohio,,,,, the same tack should also work well in Kentucky. Similar issues and all that,,,,,,,,, East Kentucky out migrants are the majority ethnic group in SW Ohio, and keep regular contact with clans and family back in the 'hollers'. Will be interesting to see how much of this crosses the river.

Hey I know, they could have a Debate in Ohio to discuss the issues. Senator McCain accepted the New Orleans / Google offer to Debate, Why did not Oilbama? Could it be because he can’t debate without teleprompters? Or maybe because he doesn’t know his own policies! Does he even have any of his own policies? Is he still borrowing them from Hillary? Is it because he keeps flipping and flopping everyday? What ever the reason, it isn’t a good one I am sure! Oilbama is too chickenshit to debate

I can't believe that Amy Silverman's major 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!