Fight the smears, Fight the smears that be

We knew what to expect next from the McCain campaign. Go negative and now we have confirmation from TPM.

http://tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com/2008/10/mccain_campaigns_ad_spending_n.php

The McCain campaign has now shifted virtually 100 percent of his national ad
spending into negative ads attacking Obama, a detailed breakdown of his ad buys
reveals

No surprises of course. It will be interesting to see what the strategy is, how plays out, and how the Obama campaign responds. The initial results from both debates should be encouraging. It didn't appear undecideds were swayed and even turned off by the McCain - Palin negativism. Obama has run an amazing campaign thus far and I expect nothing less. They have a number of resources at their disposal. The vast cache of text numbers, fight the smears website http://www.fightthesmears.com/, the Obama channel http://mysteryj.blogspot.com/2008/10/check-your-local-listings.html that will be integrated in responding and refuting the oncoming rash of smears.