My Advice to Obama: Get Ready For The Inevitable bin Laden Video

I've been impressed with the Obama Campaign's rapid response to the attacks from McCain/Palin. The "turn the page" ad was excellent, and Obama clearly had that Keating Five website ready to go in the event that the Republicans raised Ayers, Rezko, and Wright as campaign issues.

But we've yet to hear from someone who clearly has a stake in this election and obviously does not want to see an Obama victory. That person is -- of course -- Osama bin Laden, and I have no doubt we'll be hearing from him very soon just like we heard from him in the week prior to the 2004 election.

Obama needs to be prepared for this. He should have an ad ready which can be launched immediately after bin Laden issues his inevitable videotaped statement, and the ad should go something like this:

"Here we go again -- Osama bin Laden is once again trying to affect an American presidential election. He did the exact same thing in 2004, and as a result we got four more years of Bush failed policy. In fact, the CIA concluded that bin Laden wanted George Bush to beat John Kerry in that election, and we can see why -- a Bush victory meant that bin Laden would have four more years of U.S. combat forces being tied down in Iraq when our forces should have been going after him and his fellow terrorists in Afghanistan.

"Don't forget -- John McCain said that he wants our country to be in Iraq for 100 years. bin Laden undoubtedly wants the same thing. Osama bin Laden fooled you once into voting for the Republican ticket -- don't be fooled again."

Of course, such an ad may not be necessary if Obama has a 20-point lead in the polls when when bin Laden makes his statement. But we all know this race will tighten up over the next few weeks.