Quick diary to get feedback/thoughts.
It looks like the Rev Wright 527 ad ran nationally on Sunday Night Football, and is currently running nationally on cable.
According to Politico's Ben Smith, Axelrod: Obama camp won't respond to Wright ads
Update
This diary and poll is not because I'm concerned over the Rev Wright ad. I was using it more to discuss the thinking behind the tactics and to have a POLL for the crew.
I am well aware of our standing in the polls and can't wait for our guy to be the 44th POTUS!
Quick diary to get feedback/thoughts.
It looks like the Rev Wright 527 ad ran nationally on Sunday Night Football, and is currently running nationally on cable.
According to Politico's Ben Smith, Axelrod: Obama camp won't respond to Wright ads
Obama's chief strategist, David Axelrod, said a pair of Republican ads featuring Jeremiah Wright aren't airing widely enough or having enough impact to lead Obama to air a response ad.
"We thought about [airing a response ad] and we had it ready, but it just didn't seem like enough firepower to matter," he said.
While that might be the right (-: tactic if the attack ad was only a small local buy, I'm not so sure the Obama campaign shouldn't just run the response ad to take any air out of the impact.
I bet it's a great response ad. So, what's the risk?
- If they run a response, it makes the last days of the race "Rev Wright 24/7". The chattering class and MSM will salivate hashing that out. It has the potential of bringing the ads to even a wider audience.
- If they don't run a response, the impact is potentially limited to the few people that saw the ad. On the other hand, the Obama campaign won't be able to provide a counter-weight to minimize impact.
My take. Even though the ad ran on a wide buy, they should stay with their strategy to NOT run a response, unless that ad is killer -- "spot on" and "tone perfect".
This ground has been chewed over already.
What do the rest of you think with this new data of a National Buy?