Obama Launches 'Low Road Express'
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The Obama campaign has launched a new site called McCain's Low Road Express to debunk ads and statements by the McCain campaign. The name comes from a New York Times editorial published yesterday that was critical of recent campaign tactics by McCain. Highlighted on the site now are newspaper editorials and videos that were critical of McCain's latest "Celeb" ad.
On an afternoon conference call announcing the site's launch, Obama campaign manager David Plouffe said the site would be updated regularly and hopes the public and media use it often. "Unfortunately we think that the tenor of his campaign is unlikely to change," Plouffe said about the negative ads McCain has run. "People ought to just buckle up their seatbelts, because we think this is what their campaign is going to be all about."
Also on the call was Susan Eisenhower, granddaughter of the former president, who is a Republican unhappy with the tone of McCain's campaign. "I don't think it befits the campaign to have anyone's patriotism called into question, or anyone's credentials," Eisenhower said, "because we have two well-qualified people running for President of the United States."
Plouffe said ads like "Celeb" are "frivolous and demeans the dialogue of the campaign."
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