McCain Camp Intensifies Personal Attacks on Obama

Susan Davis reports on the presidential race. John McCain ’s campaign and his surrogates are increasingly the level and intensity of the personal attacks on Barack Obama , as shown with the release of their latest campaign ad, “Ambition.” The ad, which will air nationally, attacks Obama’s character by highlighting his ties to Bill Ayers , a former founder of the 1960s radical group, the Weather Underground; Ayers is now a professor at the University of Illinois at Chicago and a local education reform activist. “Obama’s blind ambition. When convenient, he worked with terrorist Bill Ayers. When discovered, he lied. Obama. Blind ambition. Bad judgment. Congressional liberals fought for risky subprime loans. Congressional liberals fought against more regulation. Then, the housing market collapsed costing you billions. In crisis, we need leadership, not bad judgment,” the ad states. The ad comes on the heels of a Web ad, “Ayers,” released Thursday that focuses on the ... (link)