Tightrope, Part Two

Well, I wondered recently how the Obama campaign would respond to McCain's effort to tightrope walk between trumpeting his Washington experience and proclaiming his maverick status as an outsider on the inside. Here's their first effort (and note that they use a clip from Fox News to start):



Unless and until the McCain campaign shifts from portraying him as a maverick, independent of party and lobbyists, the Obama campaign might fruitfully continue with a series of ads that highlight different statements and position shifts over the years that call that image into question. I'll be amazed if they don't, at some point this fall, produce ads making use of McCain's physical embrace of Bush during the 2004 campaign.