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New Ad From South Carolina GOP Is All About McCain's POW Past
TPM Election Central — ... for life. So the next time Barack Obama talks about one of John McCain's homes, remember this one." The ad closes by saying that it was paid for by the South Carolina GOP, suggesting it's up on the air. We're trying to get details on the buy, if there is one, but even if there isn't, the spot is noteworthy. It suggests that surrogates in the states will soon start pushing the POW-POW-POWing in earnest, in a way that even McCain himself might not be willing to do. ( Via Palmetto Scoop.) ...

South Carolina GOP on a McCain “House”
Hot Air » Top Picks — ... The South Carolina Republican Party pushed back — hard — against the class-warfare attack from Barack Obama and the Democrats over how many houses John McCain and his family own.  This ad uses McCain’s years as a POW to underscore how much he sacrificed for his country, a way of both defending McCain and putting Obama on the defensive (via Palmetto Scoop ): During a combat mission over Vietnam, John McCain was shot down and severely injured. John McCain’s new home for the next five-and-a-half-years would be an enemy prison cell. This is where John McCain was starved, beaten, ...

Remainders: Game day
Ben Smith's Blog — Obama is drowning out the Ayers attack spot with his response.   The South Carolina GOP plans an a TV response to the attack on McCain's houses by playing the POW card. Dave Barry tries to cross the convention floor and gets engages in "strong and direct buttular contact" with Chuck Schumer. Hotline's match up has Obama up big in the electoral college. Plouffe said the roll call was a bigger deal than anticipated. Is Rezko working with the feds? Jeremy McCarter is ...