I've been waiting for one of the campaigns to start going nuclear here in Texas, and the wait is over. First, the Clinton campaign comes out with an ominous ad by Austin ad-man Roy Spence.

"It's 3a.m. and your children are safe and asleep. Something's happening in the world. Who do you want answering the phone?" (Cut to shot of HRC with her glasses on, talking on the phone.) See it here.

Senator Obama hit back during a campaign stop.

"We've seen these ads before. They're the kind that play on peoples' fears to scare up votes," he said. "Well it won't work this time. Because the question is not about picking up the phone. The question is - what kind of judgment will you make when you answer?"

That general idea was used in an Obama response ad, released this afternoon:

Is former President Bill Clinton prescient? Check out his remarks on a "fear" versus "hope" argument while on the stump for Senator John Kerry in 2004.

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