Obama And McCain On The Economy

Here's Barack Obama's recent ad on the financial crisis facing the country:

And here's John McCain's:

Some stark differences in tone and content, huh? One of Andrew Sullivan's readers sums it up thusly:

Let me get this straight ... Obama's ad is two minutes in which he outlines, in broad strokes, his economic plan and points us to a site where we can read the plan in full. McCain's ad is 30 seconds of tough rhetoric without a word that says what he would do except "reform Wall Street" because he's "taken on tougher guys than this before".

And it's Obama's plan that's all talk?

John McCain has nothing to offer but rhetoric, biographies and dishonest character attacks and he knows it; the McCain plan from here on out seems to be a litany of personal attacks compounded by empty campaign phrases and outright lies. I realize that there's a cultural divide in this country right now but is this the caliber of man you want as your leader?