No wonder it smells lemony fresh around here

This just in:

• That NARAL ad attacking the judicial record of Supreme Court nominee John G. Roberts Jr. was notable not only because it was decried even by the abortion-rights group's own allies, forcing them to withdraw the 30-second spot. It was also notable because it was one of the very few ads that have aired taking a stand on the guy. A report released today by the University of Wisconsin Advertising Project and Nielsen Monitor-Plus shows that one right-wing group bought 138 pro-Roberts ads ... in 138 markets, for a precise average of one airing per market. And there was NARAL -- and that was it. “There is currently no targeted TV paid advertising effort to influence Senators on the Supreme Court fight,” said Ken Goldstein, the prof in charge of the study. "With Senators home during the August recess with virtually no ads targeting even the most vulnerable incumbents, all indications are that this Supreme Court nomination process is not going to be the paid media battle that activists on both sides have been preparing for and promising for years.”
• Comcast figured out who had changed a customer's name in the database to "Bitch Dog" and fired them. Now they need to go after whoever thought it was a good idea to tell people they would be on hold for (robotic voice) "forty ... five ... minutes."