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Going Negative On McCain

Sort by The Daily Dish (Free subscription) - 08/05/2008

This Obama ad suggests he's not going to play pretty. Kevin Drum is impressed:

Barack Obama Launches New Ad On Energy

Sort by Crooks and Liars (Free subscription) - 08/05/2008

Obama made a big speech in Lansing, Michigan, on our energy dependence and need to move away from foreign oil. Without a doubt, this addiction is one of the most dangerous and urgent threats this nation has ever faced - from the gas prices that are wiping out your paychecks and straining businesses to the [...]

This Week's Fight: Energy

Sort by Swampland (Free subscription) - 08/04/2008

Barack Obama is up with a very tough hit on McCain: Meanwhile, Obama (who turns 47 today) is giving a major address on energy in Lansing, with the news being that he is calling for tapping 70 million barrels of oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve--a reversal of his previous opposition. Over the weekend, Obama also shifted on the issue of offshore drilling. Though his is not quite the reversal...

Obama Sticks It To Big Oil, Hangs High Gas Prices Around Bush and McCain’s Necks

Sort by Firedoglake (Free subscription) - 08/04/2008

More like this, please. “Every time you fill your tank, the oil companies fill their pockets. Now Big Oil’s filling John McCain’s campaign with 2 million dollars in contributions. Because instead of taxing their windfall profits to help drivers, McCain wants to give them another 4 billion in tax breaks. After one president in the pocket of big oil, we can’t afford another.” Brilliant.

Obama Hits McCain Hard on Energy in New Ad

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Obama Thinks Offshore Drilling Might Not Be So Bad After All

Sort by Daily Intelligencer - New York Magazine (Free subscription) - 08/04/2008

Last week, we were focused almost exclusively on John McCain's low-road tactics as he tried to characterize Barack Obama as possibly too popular to be president. This week looks likely to revolve around an actual issue: energy. As Republicans stage a revolt in the darkened House of Representatives during the August recess to demand an emergency session for a vote on offshore drilling, Obama has indicated...

Obama Goes On A Little Offense

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Republicans have been circling the wagons on energy recently - the NRCC chief is advising his candidates to do gas station events over the Congressional recess. So it's good to see Obama roll-out his comprehensive energy plan today - and release a corresponding ad tying McCain to big oil, and Bush: Tags: Barack Obama , election 08 ( all tags )

Whoopsie, Obama forgot to do his fact-checking again!

Sort by Stop the ACLU (Free subscription) - 08/08/2008

Have you seen Obama’s newest ad yet? If you haven’t, take a quick look: Obviously, it makes it look like McCain is rolling in money from oil companies. Except, well, corporations can’t make donations to federal candidates. And then there’s that small fact that Obama’s received more donations from employees of oil and [...]

"Pocket"

Sort by The Hotline on Call (Free subscription) - 08/04/2008

Barack Obama 's new television spot charges that John McCain is in Big Oil's "Pocket" ... "Big Oil’s filling John McCain’s campaign with $2M in contributions," a narrator says. "Because instead of taxing their windfall profits to help drivers, McCain wants to give them another 4 billion in tax breaks. After one president in the pocket of big oil… We can’t afford another." Obama is in Lansing, MI,...

Towleroad Guide to the Tube #334

Sort by Towleroad (Free subscription) - 08/04/2008

THE ONE: McCain's fourth consecutive Obama attack ad sarcastically paints his opponent as a quasi-religious figure. POCKET: New Obama ad on McCain's relationship with the oil companies. PAUSE: McCain lies about his support for MLK Jr. Day in Arizona. His...

Bad Old Gas Prices

Sort by Slog (Free subscription) - 08/05/2008

More tomorrow on the idea that Obama should go on the attack against McCain and his advanced age, but for now check out the way team Obama subtly (or not so subtly) shows McCain's age in this new campaign ad: The ad is about oil prices, but that's quite a money-shot of the old man's swollen, post-melanoma left cheek.

Why Do TV Ads Suck So Much Compared to Web Video?

Sort by eyeon08.com (Free subscription) - 08/06/2008

Ever since the "web video" made its debut in the 2004 cycle, it's been a tried and true tool used to move an edgier message into the earned media narrative without the costs or potential backlash associated with a broad television buy. The McCain "The One" web video is a perfect example of this, rising to over 947,000 views on YouTube, second only to the "Celeb" ad. But with the noteworthy exception...

What Obama’s Energy Speech Means for Cleantech

Sort by Earth2Tech (Free subscription) - 08/05/2008

Presumptive Democratic nominee Barack Obama laid out a vision of America’s energy future yesterday in a speech from Lansing, Mich., in the automotive heartland. Speaking at Michigan State University, Obama presented his New Energy for America Plan in which he added several new concrete goals for America’s energy future and reiterated a number of previous [...]

Obama Strikes Back

Sort by PoliGazette (Free subscription) - 08/05/2008

The games begin: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QJPo5IGTd0A http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RceGdwa9GRg Sidenote: I don’t like negative campaign ads as it is, but at least the first one focuses on a specific issue. I don’t like the second one at all. In my opinion, the worst way to respond to a character attack is to respond with your own character attack. ©2008 PoliGazette. All Rights Reserved..

New Obama Ad Is A Major Blooper

Sort by Hyscience (Free subscription) - 08/08/2008

Once again Obama has got his facts wrong - but this time he really stuck his foot in his big mouth. In his newest ad, he accuses John McCain of being "in the pocket" of the oil industry: However, corporations can't make donations to federal candidates and Obama has received more donations from employees of oil and gas companies than McCain has. Jeff Dobbs at The Voice in My Head offers up a logo (...