Détente in South Carolina Ad Wars

Earlier today, the Clinton campaign took down their radio ad (described by Ambinder as ‘misleading’) because as they told him “ad was not intended to air for long, had finished its rotation, and had yielded its space to a ‘closer’ ad that focuses on policy.”

In turn, the Obama ad has recently pulled their ‘response’ ad (my parentheticals, as we could have a lengthy debate to what extent it is a response ad). An Obama spokesman told TPM, “Once we confirmed that Clinton was taking down her attack ad, we instructed radio stations in South Carolina to take down our response ad.”

Of course, that is not stopping a war of words on the issue, as Michelle Obama and the Clintons continue to battle over the same issue, but it seems as if both sides are willing to de-escalate this … if only a little.