GOP ratchets up against Obama

It's clear whom Republicans believe they'll be facing this fall for president. The Republican National Committee today launched a new website inviting voters to raise questions about Barack Obama's positions and qualifications.

The site, similar to one that the Democratic National Committee has had for weeks about presumptive GOP nominee John McCain, features a video with foreboding music that tries to raise troubling questions.

Among them: Obama's "present" votes as an Illinois state senator on hot-button issues such as gun control, his spending proposals and how he plans to pay for them, his comments at a San Francisco fund-raiser about "bitter" small-town voters who "cling to guns or religion."

"Can we ask," the announcer begins each question, and each is followed by the ubiquitous chant from Obama rallies: "Yes we can."

For the final question, the announcer says, "On experience, can we ask ourselves if three years in the US Senate prepares Barack Obama to be our next commander in chief?" The video then shows Obama himself saying, "Yes we can."

"Barack Obama," the announcer concludes. "Soaring rhetoric, questions to answer."