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MoveOn.org Political Action is out with a new ad featuring a talking moose and raising questions about Sarah Palin’s qualifications to be vice president. “You really gotta question John McCain’s judgment, picking Sarah Palin as his VP,” the moose says before pointing out that John McCain is 72 years old and “she could end up in charge.” The ad will run in locations Palin visits, starting in Las Vegas today.

MoveOn executive director Eli Pariser says of the ad, “Sarah Palin has shown the country exactly who she is in the last seven weeks, and it’s a picture of someone ill-equipped to lead. Her lack of experience and knowledge about critical issues our country is facing makes her a liability to the McCain-Palin ticket and the more attention she gets, the more it increases voter’s doubts.” Watch it:

Actor John Cusack appears in a new ad from liberal group MoveOn.org Political Action set to air nationally on Bravo and in the D.C. metro area on MSNBC, Comedy Central and CNN beginning tomorrow. In the spot, the "Say Anything" star ties presumptive GOP nominee John McCain to President Bush.

"Think you can tell President Bush apart from John McCain? Really?" asks Cusack, looking straight at the camera. "Pop quiz: Who supports keeping our troops in harm’s way in Iraq, but not a bipartisan GI Bill of rights to support them when they return home? Whose top advisers are linked to war profiteers? Who tried to convince Americans to privatize our Social Security? Who opposed health care for uninsured children last year? The answer is: Both."

Watch it:

Today John and Elizabeth Edwards were joined by surrogates from MoveOn.org, SEIU, the Center for American Progress, USAction, VoteVets.org and Americans United for Change in a conference call to talk about a new joint project reports CBS News' Michelle Levi. The new initiative seeks to draw a link between the ongoing war in Iraq with economic concerns at home and the participants pledged to keep the issue at the forefront in the both presidential and congressional campaigns.

The coalition vowed to be a substantial voice this election year by targeting presumptive GOP nominee John McCain as the candidate who will continue Bush's policies in Iraq and by working on the ground in states and congressional districts where the incumbent is challenged by an anti-war candidate (including Democratic candidates). A surrogate from each entity outlined what their organizations plan to do individually.

Speaking from his home in North Carolina, John Edwards credited Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton for continuing to make "clear they will end the war in Iraq" and said he "wants to make sure [voters] know they have a clear choice between a Democratic candidate who will end the war and the other choice … who will continue failed policies." Elizabeth Edwards reiterated her husbands concern about poverty, saying that the nation has "a limited amount of money, and we are spending too much on the war."

Vote Vets, an organization founded by military veterans, released a new ad which, according to the release, will have a limited run on cable in the Washington, DC area this week. The ad features an Iraq veteran with her infant son and alludes to McCain's comments that he's committed to staying in Iraq for a lengthy period of time. The veteran says, "this is my little boy. He was born a year after I came back from Iraq. What kind of commitment are you making to him? How about a thousand years of affordable health care, or a thousand years of keeping America safe? Can we afford that for my child, Senator McCain? Or have you already promised to spend trillions -- in Baghdad?"

Liberal advocacy group MoveOn, which reports 3.2 million members nationwide, today announced that it is endorsing Barack Obama for the Democratic nomination for President.

"We need a President who will bring to bear the strong leadership and vision required to end the war in Iraq, provide health care to every American, deal with our climate crisis, and restore America’s standing in the world," MoveOn.org’s Executive Director Eli Pariser said in a statement. "The enormity of the challenges require someone who knows how to inspire millions to get involved to change the direction of our country, and someone who will be willing to change business as usual in Washington. Senator Barack Obama has proved he can and will be that President."

Obama accepted the endorsement from the controversial group, which made headlines in September with its "General Betray Us?" ad critical of Gen. David Petraeus. John McCain and other Republican presidential candidates condemned the ad.

“In just a few years, the members of MoveOn have once again demonstrated that real change comes not from the top-down, but from the bottom-up," said Obama. "From their principled opposition to the Iraq war – a war I also opposed from the start – to their strong support for a number of progressive causes, MoveOn shows what Americans can achieve when we come together in a grassroots movement for change.”

This is MoveOn's first endorsement in a Democratic primary, and it comes with a promise from the group to mobilize on Obama's behalf.

"With 3.2 million members nationwide and over 1.7 million members in states that vote next Tuesday, we’ll be able to immediately jump into action in support of Senator Obama’s candidacy," Pariser said.

The U.S. Senate today took time out to officially weigh in on MoveOn’s controversial Petraeus-“Betray Us” ad. Actually, they weighed in on it semi-officially since the body voted on a “sense of the Senate” resolution and the group was not even mentioned. Still, there’s no doubt MoveOn was the reason it was voted on.

The resolution sought to “strongly condemn personal attacks on the honor and integrity of General Petraeus and all members of the United States Armed Forces." It passed by a vote of 72 to 25 and will do nothing to prevent Republicans from continuing to make hay of the issue.

Voting against the resolution were Hillary Clinton and Chris Dodd. Brack Obama did not vote on the resolution, but did vote in favor of an alternative resolution earlier in the day. Not missing a chance to pounce on the GOP’s favorite target, Mitt Romney’s campaign was quick with a statement singling out Clinton for her vote.

“Hillary Clinton had a choice,” the statement reads. “She could stand with our troop commander in Iraq, or she could stand with the libelous left wing of her party. She chose the latter. The idea that she would be a credible commander-in-chief of our armed forces requires the willing suspension of disbelief.”

And the beat goes on …

CBS News’ Ryan Corsaro is traveling with the Giuliani campaign and files this report:

Republican presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani released a new radio ad today suggesting that MoveOn.org is "attacking Rudy Giuliani...because he's their worst nightmare."

The thirty-second ad, entitled "Nightmare," claims that MoveOn.org fears the Giuliani campaign because "they know Rudy is a Republican who can beat the Democrats."

Giuliani and MoveOn.org have been in a highly publicized media war since last week, when the liberal group released a newspaper ad that criticized General David Petraeus and his Iraq war report. Giuliani condemned the ad and ran his own ad criticizing the group and linking it to Democratic frontrunner Hillary Clinton.

MoveOn.org could not be immediately reach for comment.

The ad will begin running today in Iowa.

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Click here to listen to "Nightmare."

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UPDATE: Responding to the ad, MoveOn.org spokesman Eli Pariser tells CBS News that the organization is not afraid of the former mayor. “Our worst nightmare is an endless war in the Middle East,” says Pariser.

MoveOn has also released a television ad called "Giuliani: A Betrayal of Trust" that the organization today announced will run nationally on CNN. (The ad had previously been scheduled to air only in Iowa.) The spot, which can be viewed here, criticizes Giuliani for missing Iraq Study Group meetings and then quitting to give "speeches for money." Claims the ad: "Republican voters should ask Giuliani: Where were you when it counted?"