North Carolina Republicans pull anti-Obama ad -- Or Did They?

After gaining enough free media exposure to make paid media unnecessary, North Carolina's Republican Party on Thursday withdrew an advertisement critical of Democrat Barack Obama's links to a controversial preacher, Republican John McCain's campaign said. McCain senior adviser Charlie Black said he had been informed by the Republican National Committee's representative in North Carolina, that the state party had agreed to withdraw the ad. Sen McCain, the Republicans' presidential nominee, had appealed to the state party to withdraw the ad, saying he wanted to run a respectful campaign. The 30-second ad in question attacked Democratic North Carolina gubernatorial candidates Beverly Perdue and Richard Moore for their endorsements of Sen Obama, referring to the Illinois senator's "judgment" in supporting Wright and calling him "too extreme for North Carolina." [North Carolina, of course, prefers moderates like five-term Senator Jesse Helms.] The New York Times reports that the chairwoman of the North Carolina Republican Party vowed to broadcast the "Extreme" ad.
http://www.reuters.com/article/politicsNews/idUSN2429689820080424

North Carolina G.O.P. Says an Ad Will Go On
http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/04/24/nc-republicans-say-the-ad-will-go-on/

More GOP ads target Obama
http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/front/la-na-campaign25apr25,1,7043718.story