Blog: Obama takes aim at McCain's weakness on the economy

Blog: Obama takes aim at McCain's weakness on the economy

The Obama campaign just released a very tough ad hitting John McCain in advance for the barrage of adver-sleazements and attacks on Obama's character that the McCain team is readying:The spot features that quote we highlighted here yesterday -- in which a McCain adviser admitted to The Washington Post that his campaign is "looking forward to turning the page on this financial crisis" and getting back to attacking Obama as too liberal and too "risky." The ad opens with bad news about job losses and the financial meltdown, then hits him as "erratic in a crisis" and "out of touch.""No wonder his campaign wants to change the subject -- turn the page on the financial crisis, by launching dishonest, dishonorable assaults against Barack Obama," the ad says. "Struggling families can't turn the page on this economy."That "turning the page" quote really was a gift -- the perfect counter-weapon against the coming character assault. The ad will run on national cable -- though that's presumably subject to change -- suggesting that the immediate target audience is opinion-makers and political insiders who might be wondering what Obama is doing about the tidal wave of sleaze on the horizon.