Political ad of the now.

Whack. Zapp. Pow. I can hear Meg Whitman squealing from here. Which reminds me I must watch "Deliverance" again.

I imagine one of the first things they teach in political campaigning school is to make sure your candidate doesn't suffer any self-inflicted wounds. Major kudos then to the Brown team for turning Whitman's words against her and creating, maybe, the cleverest, most devastating ad of the political season.

And boo to the Whitman team for being so strategically blind. One hundred and forty million dollars certainly buys you a lot. It seems political savvy ain't one of them.