Omama played the race card.

Rather indirectly. Sen. Barack Obama is right that the GOP and McCain will paint him as different(not because of his race or name), as eccentric, out of touch, not safe, etc. None of those attacks however have to do with Mr. Obama "looking different", or rather being half black. The McCain camp is essentially doing the same image attacks that were used against Sen. John Kerry by President George Bush (Karl Rove) and even Sen. Hillary Clinton.

They have everything to do with the GOP's continuous image attacks that lack substance; more importantly have nothing to do with policy differences. Judgment is an important and key factor when deciding on a presidential candidate. Being a phenomenon however, in Europe and the majority of America, has nothing to do with judgment. The second half of the "celebrity ad" is even substance based, the first half is what takes away from the point of the ad. It certainly got the media to talk about Mr. McCain more. The "tax electricity" was declared false by multiple fact check groups.

Many seem to want the world to believe that people aren't seeing past the celebrity of Mr. Obama when in fact, if they weren't seeing and hearing what he has to say, he'd be leading in every poll by 20 points.

Shouldn't we find it curious that McCain's campaign attacks using Britney Spears in an ad when the last time Britney was on stage with a politician it was Sen. McCain himself? One has to start wondering if Sen. McCain is simply missing his celebrity that he once held with the press, or rather his "base" to quote the man himself.

Good to see Sen. Obama apologize and recognize Mr. McCain never attacked his race in any fashion.

Edited: 8/3