In his diary earlier today, Kos discussed the
RNC's phantom ad buy for its Osama/ticking time-bomb spot. As Kos notes, it's nothing more than "a play for free media," but free media it has earned.
Instead of the defensive response the DNC is currently pushing, what about a hard hitting ad that is identical to the first 3/4 of the RNC ad (ominous Osama clips and ticking time bomb), and then ends with a clip of Bush from 2002:
So I don't know where he is. You know, I just don't spend that much time on him, Kelly, to be honest with you. . . . And, again, I don't know where he is. I -- I'll repeat what I said. I truly am not that concerned about him.
Keith has already done the work -- he had a video clip of these quotes on tonight's broadcast. And they're also available at
You Tube (last seven seconds).
But if the DNC were to put out the identical ad as the RNC (with the additional Bush clip), and do a larger buy than the RNC, they could get attention not just on Keith, but the Sunday morning shows and cables that cover the RNC ad over the weekend.
To give the DNC credit, they did do an online video in September with part of the 2002 Bush quote, but the new RNC ad tees up a perfect opportunity to get the Republican hypocrisy on Osama out to a much wider audience.