I've been ready for an end to this nonsense for about the last year.

They need to stop attacking each other and start talking about how they will help make this great country even better...........Both side do nothing but attack each other and its getting old........They are all Lairs......They all flip flop..........This is the first time in my life when I don't want to vote for either one.............Its sad that people are more exited about the VP pick and not the Presidential candidate himself............There is a new tee-shirt that says McCain/ Palin ....Only McCain's name is really small and Palin is very large...........Well at least Palin is cute...................

This is criminal ridiculous.

I fear for our country's future when electing our leader is literally a joke.  I'm in acute disbelief.

McCain favors a 20% tax cut for corporations.  And no tax cuts for the middle class.  What part of this ad was a lie?

With all the money it takes to put an ad on tv, I'd think somebody would come up with a message. I'd think some research think tank would find out how many people change their minds by watching name-calling attack ads.

For comparison, T. Boone Pickens is putting out pretty darn effective ads that don't do any name calling or mud slingling. He's about figures and facts. One may disagree with the numbers or the source of them, but you gotta admit, his ads aren't wasted on meaningless name calling and smearing. He's getting a message out.

the ad itself is pretty benign. I think it reflects a salient point, though: the Republicans are talking about reform, what does that mean in the context of the campaign?

By the way...When asked last nite about the "bush doctrine", Palin seemed not to know....hmmm...briefing curve or memory lapse?

..where's Joe Lieberman when you need him?

--virgil

There is no way to discuss tax policy in 30 seconds.  So we get attention grabbing misdirection.  When Senator McCain's misleading "sex education" ad came out (see:  http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-b...  and numerous other articles), I wondered how long it would be until someone asked (rhetorically, of course) why Senator McCain supported child molestors.

Senator Obama hasn't done so, but Planned Parenthood has:   http://www.youtube.com/watc... 

Turnabout is fair play, after all.

politicsanyone:  The only way I can look at what is loosely referred to as B.O.'s economic policy is that you promise something to all people who have a lack somewhere.  You even promise something to people when they don't really need it.  It's generally called "redistribution of wealth."  If you have a larger salary, watch out.  Don't think it's yours to do with as you like.  Nope.  It's going to be "redistributed" whether you like it or not. 

It seems to me that a bit of incentive slips away from people when they truly believe they're "entitled" to anything without having to work for it.  Whatever happened to the work ethic?  My dad died in 1987; maybe the work ethic went along with him. 

That is not what I would call an attack ad by any stretch of the imagination. I'm sure Republican sympathizers want to believe McCain can use a computer, but this is a man who really doesn't know how many homes he owns. This ad underscores the vast difference between Barack Obama and Jon McCain. This 2008 not 1968, much to Republican dismay.

ALICEN said, "The only way I can look at what is loosely referred to as B.O.'s economic policy is that you promise something to all people who have a lack somewhere."  What do you mean? What does "a lack somewhere" mean? Are you talking about maybe the tremendous amount of workers laid off over the past year from major American companies? America has had eight straight months of net job losses to show for the Bush Administration economic leadership. Are you talking about the millions of foreclosed homes and families displaced by the current credit and banking collapse? No Democrat gave the head of Ameriquest an Ambassadorship to the Netherlands for swindling average American people and bilking investors out of millions of dollars. George Bush did.

ALICEN, your comment regarding redistribution of wealth is way off base, and has nothing to do with reality, or Barack Obama's economic plans. It  smacks of the same old fear based mantra that Republicans cannot seem to hurdle.  Take a walk through downtown Bakersfield and then tell me with a straight face how wonderful our economy is after eight years of Bush and fourteen years of Republican controlled federal governance.

I know a lot of comments arise here about the less than stellar Democratic majority in Congress for the past year and a half, but the reality is that the Senate requires sixty votes, not fifty-one to move any legislation. And the House requires a two-thirds majority to override a Presidential veto. These are the salient facts why our government is not able to currently address most of the issues we confront.  This will change this November, because most Americans have had it with the fear mantra of do nothing Republicanism.  

Yeah somethings don't change, Obama has the same terrorist friends as usual, but he won't claim them because it could hurt his presidential chances. The main thing that will hurt Obama he can't change.. his RACE. He will be wondering what him him On Election night.