Andrea Mitchell has sources inside the campaign saying he will, but we didn’t need sources to tell us that. The latest Obama ad attacks McCain for not knowing how to use email and for giving money to corporations, ignoring the fact that Obama voted for many billions in subsidies for oil companies — something McCain voted against. Anyway, back to Andrea:

Senator Barack Obama will intensify his assault against Senator John McCain, with new television advertisements and more forceful attacks by the candidate and surrogates beginning Friday morning, as he confronts an invigorated Republican presidential ticket and increasing nervousness in the Democratic ranks.

Mr. McCain’s choice of Gov. Sarah Palin of Alaska as his running mate and the resulting jolt of energy among Republican voters appear to have caught Mr. Obama and his advisers by surprise and added to concern among some Democrats that the Obama campaign was not pushing back hard enough against Republican attacks in a critical phase of the race.

Some Democrats said Mr. Obama needed to move to seize control of the campaign and to block Mr. McCain from snatching away from him the message that he was the best hope to bring change to Washington.

After back-to-back attack ads by Mr. McCain, including one that misleadingly accused Mr. Obama of endorsing sex education for kindergarten students, the Obama campaign is planning to sharpen attacks on Mr. McCain and Ms. Palin in an effort to counter Mr. McCain’s attempt to present himself as the candidate of change with his choice of Ms. Palin.

I hate to question the atrocious ad team that Team Obama has, but he’s been pushing the “More of the Same” meme for months now. He finds himself down 3-4 nationally, he has just a 2% lead in Washington, and McCain has taken the lead with Independents. Has it occured to someone that this message just might not be working?