Obama Campaign's Closing Ads

Capping off last night's closing statement, the Obama campaign has released a final one-two ad punch - an uplifting view of our country's promise (with a very Morning in America feel), and a gut punch ad on John McCain's economic policies.

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Rearview Mirror:


One of the benefits of having a large campaign budget is that you need to make fewer "either this or that" decisions. Do we go negative or stay positive? Obama has been able to do both.

On a related note, there has been a lot of griping by Republicans about Obama's not taking FEC public campaign funds. But let's not forget that every dollar Obama raises is still regulated by the FEC and capped at $2,300 per individual. Obama has the campaign budget he has today is because of the millions of people who donated to his campaign. Don't kid yourself Republicans - if John McCain thought for a second that his campaign could generate millions of donors you can be sure he would have opted to raise the money himself. Obama has more freedom to advertise than McCain because he earned it.