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Ta-Nehisi Coates - Ta-Nehisi Coates is a senior editor for The Atlantic, where he writes about culture, politics, and social issues for TheAtlantic.com and the magazine. He is the author of the memoir The Beautiful Struggle. More

Born in 1975, the product of two beautiful parents. Raised in West Baltimore—not quite The Wire, but sometimes ill all the same. Studied at the Mecca for some years in the mid-’90s. Emerged with a purpose, if not a degree. Slowly migrated up the East Coast with a baby and my beloved, until I reached the shores of Harlem. Wrote some stuff along the way.

The attack ads cometh

By Ta-Nehisi Coates
Aug 21 2008, 11:00 AM ET Comment

I'm on the record as saying I don't really know how ads work on undecided voters. I'd love to see some hard reporting and scientific data on what happens to "undecided" voters when exposed to ads. On the merits, I'm a fan of Obama's strategy of not announcing to the world that he's putting out an attack ad, and instead targeting it where it needs to go. Anyway, here are the two newest ones. Lots of Obama this morning guys. Hope your not tired yet.






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