Somebody Get the Phone

<p>Hillary Clinton’s campaign apparently had such a good hit with its first &quot;It’s 3am…<a id="rw-q" href="../../../view/theres-a-phone-and" title="there’s a phone ringing">there’s a phone ringing</a> in the White House&quot; ad that it’s just put out another.<br id="e1.v" />

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This time, though, <a id="rg9r" href="http://thepage.time.com/2008/04/02/clinton-goes-after-mccain-on-economy-with-3am-ringing-phone/" title="&quot;the crisis is economic&quot;">&quot;the crisis is economic&quot;</a> and the target isn’t Barack Obama.<br id="zocz" />

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<blockquote id="j63g">John McCain just said the government shouldn&rsquo;t take any real action on the housing crisis, he&rsquo;d let the phone keep ringing.<br id="ylkc" />

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The ad is running in Pennsylvania, where both Democrats have been hitting hard on the economy.<br id="ud-l" />

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Meanwhile, thanks to TPM’s Election Central for highlighting what that master of disaster, <a id="iaid" href="http://tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com/2008/04/karl_rove_praises_hillarys_3_a.php" title="Karl Rove">Karl Rove</a>, had to say about the first red-phone ad.<br id="gxn." />

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&quot;It was a gutsy, dangerous move,&quot; Rove told GQ. Could there be higher praise?</p>