McCain Ad Relies On Discredited WSJ Report

tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo… — There's only one problem: It appears not to be true. Within hours, the DNC's research director, Mark Gehrke, had issued a blanket denial, to The Atlantic's Marc Ambinder, who reported: "'Not a single person from DC or Chicago has traveled to Alaska to do research. Not a single Obama staffer, not a DNC staffer, not a hired gun, hired gun, he says."