This ad retort from the Obama camp seems awfully lame. First, even liberal pundits concede that it just reinforces the celebrity theme, stepping on his own initial response that the subject was petty. Second, it’s late. Third, there’s a shooting war in Georgia going on and this is what he’s talking about? And finally, let’s be honest: John McCain isn’t the one with George Clooney as an advisor. The reviews aren’t great so far. And not surprisingly it just revived chatter about McCain’s original, very successful celebrity ad.

So what should Obama do? Come back from vacation, start talking bread-and-butter issues and demonstrate that he really isn’t the fluffy celebrity he’s been made out to be. And for good measure: nix the salute, the weird posters, and the messianic language. Will he? I am not sure he could (even if he wanted to) turn down the volume on the over-the-top Obama-mania. He’s simply going to have to live up to the hype at the Convention and again in the fall debates. He’s The One, so it shouldn’t be a problem, right?

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