He's heeeEEEEEEeeeeere!
Ben Smith at Politico announces that the National Republican Trust PAC will be releasing an ad focusing on Obama's relationship with Jeremiah Wright. The ad calls Wright a "preacher of hate" and claims that Obama "built his power base in Wright's church." The ad is going to appear in Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Florida:
The two questions that occurred to me are, first, does anybody still care at this point? It could have some effect on Obama's poll numbers, but it would likely be minimal depending on how the media reacts to it. It could even be counterproductive at a time when McCain is trying to convince voters that he has a focused plan to deal with America's economic woes, only to be dragged back into a cloud of character attacks against Obama that has so far only put off undecideds.
The second question is this: McCain has already declared Wright to be irrelevant and inappropriate as a campaign topic, while Palin is on record favoring raising the issue of Obama's former pastor. Given that the two and their respective aides are already publicly jettisoning each other in the media, how will they each react to the ad when asked about it?
