After a day-long break from new campaign ads on 9/11, both campaigns released new attack ads on the morning of 9/12. In an article about The Living Room Candidate in The New York Times, Alessandra Stanley wrote about the 2008 ads: "The political discourse is so overrun with negative ads and charges of guilt by association that voters can be forgiven for confusing which candidate is supposedly akin to Britney Spears and which one seems too close to President Bush, or who smeared whom with lipstick smears."

The Obama campaign released three ads, "Real Change" and "Out of Touch," and an ad about McCain's ties to lobbyists.

Also on the morning of September 12, the McCain campaign released an ad "Disrespectful," accusing the Obama campaign of trying to smear Sarah Palin's reputation in response to falling poll numbers. That morning, McCain was strongly questioned about the veracity of his ads on The View.

Obama ad "Real Change":

Obama ad "Still":

McCain ad "Disrespectful":

UPDATE (9/24):An independent group known as "Citizens for Open and Responsive Government" released an ad for Colorado TV claiming that the Obama ad "Still," about the fact that McCain doesn't use a computer, was an attack on his war-related disability. While the Obama ad was trying to portray McCain as being behind the times, this ad, "Wounded Veteran," features as veteran asking, "Mr. Obama, why do you attack Senator McCain because of his disability?"

527 ad "Wounded Veteran":