http://www.dailykos.com/story/2004/2/6/65751/26945
And, I'd love to have feedback on this.
One concern raised a few times in last night's thread was that locals might be turned off by ads generated by national folks. A solution might be to make sure that the ads attack the Republican incumbent member of Congress, but do not mention the Democratic challenger. That way the Democrat would stay clean and positive (something it seems voters really like). If there is any reaction locally to national people getting involved in their affairs, they are more likely to blame the subject of the ads for inviting this interference. And, of course, the attacks should all be based on facts, and not be random smears, so no ethical charges or others are brought (fairly) against the national or local effort.
But, this solution conflicts with another suggestion repeated a few times last night: that the ads should end with a link to how to contribute to the campaign of the Democratic challenger. At least one poster noted that this would be "the real revolution."