Out Come The Tough Ads

When the Obama campaign finally unleashed the 527s, albeit tacitly, to run some ads hitting John McCain the thought was that it would be too late to have an impact. Well over the last week, a stream of ads have been released by all kinds of organizations, and I think there will be a cumulative effect.

The fantastic Defenders of Wildlife ad, the best of the cycle IMO, is expanding into more swing states as its effectiveness is undeniable.

Then Planned Parenthood has readied an ad on the "Sarah Palin charged victims of rape for their own medical exams" controversy. It's similarly powerful and a clear recitation of fact; she approved city budgets in Wasilla with this policy on the record.



Campaign Money Watch has a Keating Five ad that ties that corruption to the current corruption of McCain's campaign manager Rick Davis taking secret payments for influence:



And the California Nurses Association hits McCain and Palin in the same ad in a pretty vicious way:



I don't know if all this negativity on the air is going to be a good contrast with Obama's attempt to carry a statesmanlike message these past few days, but politics ain't beanbag. These are facts which deserve to be in the public sphere.