Obama dominated the t.v. last night, BRILLIANT

[holiday]

His 30 minute ad, The Daily Show, then followed by huge rally with Bill Clinton. Just imagine what McCain/Palin were thinking yesterday/today lmao.

It was brilliant to do this the so close to election day. Last minute push in the right direction.

[Virginia Dare]

1. I like the fact that McCain's name wasn't mentioned even once..

it was positive, hopeful, reassuring and uplifting in the end. BRILLIANT.

[holiday]

3. I think Obama's been using the "pretend your candidate doesn't exist"

approach. I never knew it worked so well.
Unlike McCain, he can't answer a question without bad mouthing Obama.

[Virginia Dare]

8. So many of McCain's ads don't even mention McCain..

if you're not paying close attention (which most people don't) you'd think it was an ad for Obama.

[knixphan]

9. totally.

And I remember it worked on Sen. Clinton towards the end of the primaries...

He kept talking about McCain instead of Hillary.

Now he's talking about January instead of November.

Smart.

[cliffordu]

2. Brian Williams, Rachel maddow tonight....

I fully expect Saturday night live, tooo....

[RedSpartan]

4. Brilliant indeed...

The TV special is all the talk last night, and wins the news cycle today. Then Friday is basically non-existent because of Halloween (everyone out trick or treating, not watching news). Then the weekend, and Election Day is right around the corner... Brilliant move and brilliant timing.

[holiday]

5. I do wonder though if Palin or McCain will do something crazy

to win back news cycle. Although at this point they would probably be called out on it.

[RedSpartan]

6. It would be very hard to do.

The only play they're getting today is Joe the No-Show Plumber. Hell, I don't even see an OBL message shifting anything -- Al Qaeda already "endorsed" him, for goodness sake. Plus, as things look more and more dire, the McCain/Palin rift will get worse and get more play -- the media loves the juicy bits.

[wishlist]

7. He was featured on ABC evening news with Charlie Gibson too yesterday

Although ABC did not show the 30 min special, they did have a nice interview with Obama on the evening news.