Hard to believe McCain would get into all these issues, even if there were time. Beyond the character questions there are plenty of attacks he could make based only on 0bama’s voting record in IL and the US Senate. Til now McCain does not seem to have played this up enough, though I am not in a swing state so I have not seen many ads. I have to wonder though if any attacks, like the one on the Ayers scandal, aren’t too late since McCain has spent so much time being nice, saying he respects 0bama, etc. Suddenly going into a vicious attack more will be written off as desperation. Still the facts are facts, and they are quite ugly. They should at least keep Palin on the attack, and run ads with the truth in all the states they hope to win.
“Til now McCain does not seem to have played this up enough, though I am not in a swing state so I have not seen many ads.”
I’m in a swing state, and the ads are pretty tame IMO. Showing photos of people involved in things like the housing crisis without explaining who that person is in detail and how they’re related to a particular incident is completely ineffective. Radio ads have music in the background that seems - scary, for lack of a better term. Yes, it’s Halloween time but it’s lame. For an audio ad, just get to the facts quickly and get the info out.
I did hear a local political analyst say McCain’s camp waited too long; it takes awhile for news to settle in with folks, and now the attacks will be dismissed as desperation as you mentioned.
There was so much good stuff - the hiding of all his files from school records to medical records to state legislature records; the Born Alive Protection Act; so much. And we are in early voting phase and all we hear is how 0bama is going to give everyone access to decent health care; bring back jobs; you know, all the things people want to hear. Consider also that 0bama has dropped the lazy speech, the dragging S’s, the appearance of a Southern preacher on a hot summer day. He is succinct and enunciates well. He is what they are looking for on surface, and he is gaining speed very quickly in a state that leaned red 6 weeks ago. We got moved back to ‘tossup’.
I will give the 0bama campaign one point, and one point only: They have a better marketing campaign. Will a great marketing strategy work? I dunno - we’ll know in about a month.