Honestly, everytime you think things can’t get worse for Republicans….well, read the press release from the DSCC to fully understand the idiocy behind what Dole did (and then try not to laugh–I dare you!)

In this ad Obama accomplishes two things: 1) His national security/foreign policy bona fides, by pointing out his work to track down loose nukes = preventing nuclear terrorism and 2) That he can work across party lines, showcasing his work with Republican Senator Dick Lugar–a respected foreign policy elder statesman–on this issue (and from Indiana–a state that Obama happens to be targeting to turn from red to blue this election).

I guess it depends what your definition of controversial is. The ad, which you can watch above, shows a woman and her baby. She talks to the camera, and tells McCain he can’t have her baby for his 100-year war in Iraq.

It certainly makes one feel uncomfortable. Which war always does when broken down in human terms as opposed to just statistics.

This ad for Chellie Pingree For Congress in Maine calls for a new energy policy. It uses a similar tactic to the famous Monster.com commercials a few years back. A good campaign ad to be sure.

It’s usually a good idea, when you’re running for office in a particular state, to show that state’s geography in the background of campaign commercials and not try to pass off mountain ranges in other states as your own:In an event that is already being dubbed his “Mt. Macaca moment,” Bob Schaffer launched his first TV commercial of the 2008 campaign yesterday, claiming in it that “Colorado is my life.” Odd,

This really needed its own post. It is McCain’s new commercial attacking the two “extremes” on climate change. Yes, apparerently Al Gore is equal to head-in-the-sand Jim Inhofe of Oklahoma. This is more of McCain’s attempt to split the difference on issues and declare himself a moderate, bipartisan kind of chap.

There is no secret about who The Clinton Campaign is trying to appeal to with this ad. Wilson and Plame are beloved figures in the netroots, and the Clinton Campaign hopes to win over some younger, anti-war voters with this ad to balance out their generally older, blue-collar coalition. It is win-win for them, as they can claim they won a broader swath of the electorate in states where they are