Look and listen very hard at this message, when done contrast that against some of McCain's distracting monkey show. Can you see the difference? One is acting like a president (Obama) and the other is acting like he just got released from the mental ward (McCain).

Barack Obama ad in which the Senator highlights his economic and energy plans. September 25, 2008.

Barack Obama is not stopping his campaign activities like John McCain, and is instead trying to seize the campaign narrative on the economy with this new ad blasting policies of deregulation and tax cuts -- though any direct mention of John McCain is now missing.The ad, airing in targeted states, has Obama speaking directly to the camera for a full minute:"For eight years we've been told that the way to a stronger economy was to give huge tax breaks to corporations and the wealthiest," Obama says. "Cut oversight on Wall Street. And somehow all Americans would benefit.""Well now we know the truth. Instead of prosperity trickling down, pain has trickled up. We need to change direction. Now."It's interesting here that Obama isn't directly attacking John McCain, as past ads have done when talking about the economy -- a concession of sorts to McCain's campaign suspension. A harder, direct attack might have played into McCain's attempt to play the statesman in all this.

Great ad on the economy