I love this new Romney ad that focuses on the vile ads coming from the Obama camp, and also the one put out by American Crossroads. The Obama team must be convinced that the only way Obama can get re-elected is to utterly demonize Mitt Romney. And they may be right since Obama obviously can't run on his record, and the idealistic "hope and change" message that catapulted him to the Oval Office in 2008 has been revealed as totally bogus. So I guess these ugly ads from Barack Obama (not such a nice guy, after all) will just keep on coming until November 6th.
Of course my fear is that the "average" (read: non-scrutinizing) voter could very well believe these lies. I know members of my own family who believe them. So the Romney team must walk a fine line in their response: to return "tit for tat" and turn out dishonest ad hominem ads the Obama does could backfire. On the other hand, to say nothing, to play the gentleman, the way John McCain did in 2008, is to essentially surrender. So Romney has to be willing to play hard ball while at the same time playing fair. I think these ads meet those two requirements.
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