In a recent CBS News/New York Times poll, Democratic co-frontrunner Senator Barack Obama has rebounded and recovered from the damage that he had suffered through the controversy of Reverend Jeremiah Wright. Now, Obama will soon be on the receiving end of nationwide attack ads courtesy of the GOP.
It should not be surprising that these attack ads are coming and are aimed at Obama. In February, there was a five-point attack plan lined up at a GOP donor event. They feared Obama far more than Clinton as the Democratic nominee.
Point 1 of the attack plan was to point of how the views of Barack Obama conflict with those of the Republican Party.
Point 2 would attack Obama’s voting record back in the Illinois State Senate.
Point 3 would encourage the GOP to remain confident.
Point 4 would be to attack Obama’s messages. They have said that Obama’s messages were undisciplined and carried much risk.
Point 5 would be to attack Obama’s inexperience.
The soon to be launched negative ads could possibly be part of the planned five-point attack strategy which was talked over back in February. Point 5 has long been implemented. The first four points of the RNC’s attack strategy could be in the forms of the newest attack ads against Obama.
In regards to these attack ads, the RNC plans to use Obama and attach the controversy surrounding him to other Democratic candidates. This strategy may be working. It is unknown how well the strategy will work.
But, it is effective. Recently, Democrat Travis Childers of Mississippi won an open seat in the US House in a special election. He quickly moved to distance himself from Obama.
However, the DNC is doing the same thing with attack ads launched at presumed GOP nominee Senator John McCain of Arizona. But, it is unknown what effect that will have. Recently, they have started to attack McCain’s “100 Years” comment.
So far, Iraq has been the main platform of McCain. A recent poll showed that McCain had the advantage of Obama and Clinton in regards to Iraq. However, a recent poll showed that the economy was at the top of the minds of most Americans. Iraq had come at a distant second.