The North Carolina Republican Party is attempting to find out whether tying a down-ticket Democrat to Barack Obama can inflict serious damage, with this new ad against both of the Dem candidates for governor that plays the infamous "God damn America" footage of Jeremiah Wright:

Both candidates in the hard-fought Democratic primary have endorsed Obama. Will the message that Obama is too extreme, on the basis of his membership in Wright's church, be enough to damage the eventual gubernatorial nominee?

Meanwhile, the national GOP is asking the state party to not run the ad, calling it "not appropriate" and "unhelpful."