Great Videos From The Obama Campaign

This one details Joe Biden's role in authoring the Violence Against Women Act. (h/t Amanda)



This one, Charles Meets Barack, is impossible to watch without welling up. (h/t Digby)



And this one shows that they can do the short, funny viral video as well:



Today we're going to see Obama take over the airwaves for a 1/2 hour informercial, a testament to their fundraising muscle. But what the Obama campaign is doing OFF the air is really something to look at. These mini-docs now have a viewing audience for the first time in the history of Presidential campaigns. And they are solidly put together, with as much care and creativity as something that would air on TV. I don't know if these will be a part of tonight's program, but the off-air work ha been BETTER than the on-air commercial campaign, which has been unusually phlegmatic. To quote Christopher Beam:

It's a prime example of the Internet gap in 2008. Obama's people understand the Web—what works, what doesn't, and what's funny about it. They realize that you can take a popular YouTube clip (and a great moment of FAIL), add some silly Photoshopping, and make a better ad than a snoozy Fred Thompson pep talk. Now if only they'd BarackRoll McCain.

Great work by the campaign.