What about change? What about hope? What about even honesty? Because they can’t win on new ideas and change alone, can they? Especially when their candidate wants to hide what he really believes so that he’ll get elected. So, they misquote McCain and hope no one notices or cares.Here’s the ad:Here’s AP’s take:

THE SPIN: This is the Democratic National Committee’s first ad against McCain. It seeks to capitalize on the public’s anxiety over the economy. Democrats have been trying to link McCain to President Bush’s economic policies and cast him as out of touch with the nation’s financial fears.ANALYSIS: The video of McCain’s response is edited to exclude the remainder of his answer, where he acknowledged that “things are tough right now.” This type of selective quoting has become commonplace. Obama, in criticizing McCain on the economy last week, used only a portion of a McCain answer to Bloomberg Television.

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