Over at the Politico, Jonathan Martin reports that all the speculation that third-party groups would come in with some anti-Obama ads and perhaps make up for McCain's financial limits has turned out to be just a lot of hype:

For the GOP, the cavalry apparently isn't coming.

Republicans attuned to conservative third-party efforts say that with less than two weeks to go until Election Day, the prospects for any 11th-hour, anti-Obama ad campaigns are highly unlikely.

Many in the party, including inside the McCain campaign, have held out hope that a deep-pocketed benefactor would emerge to bankroll ads in the campaign's final days -- spots that might, for example, resurrect the most incendiary clips from the Rev. Jeremiah Wright.

But thanks largely to lack of passion for McCain within the conservative base, diminished hopes that he can win and a sharp decline in the stock market that has badly pinched donors' pockets, veteran Republican operatives say it appears almost certain that what could be the most damaging line of attack against the Democratic nominee will be left on the shelf.

Indeed, Martin reports that the lack third-party ads has almost as much to do with low morale as it does with financial concerns. And the hour is late. Let's recall that the Swift Boat veterans began their campaign against John Kerry in May 2004 and ran their first ad soon after the DNC convention in August.

Which isn't to say that there aren't any groups out there running their own ads. Take this one, for instance, from the group Let Freedom Ring:

TPM reports that the spot will run in Pennsylvania, Ohio, Virginia, and Colorado.