I will write more about this after the election if Obama wins, but I have felt all along that the best way to attack Obama would be to say something incredibly positive about all that he has accomplished, but then state the facts that he has only X years as a community organizer, Y as an Illinois State Senator and Z as a US Senator. I would go even further to say something like “someday Barack Obama will be qualified to be president and he probably will be president, but right now, he doesn’t have the experience we need in these challenging times.” I would use a neutral, factual tone for both voice and music and let the facts speak for themselves.

A friend of mine close to Joe Trippi told me during the pre-primary period (when was that, about 50 months ago?) that Edwards focus groups and other research were finding that the majority of those they talked to wanted Obama to be president some day, but not yet.

This ad comes close, using the word “yet” at the end, but it is way too negative in tone.