Freedom’s Watch returns:

Freedom’s Watch, an outside conservative organization seen by many Republicans as their best chance of holding down major losses in the House and Senate this fall, has begun spending in key races after months of relative inaction.

In the past 10 days, Freedom’s Watch has dropped more than $1.6 million on ads in six House races and two Senate contests. That spending comes after the group spent less than $40,000 on television ads between May and September, raising questions in many circles about whether the group would be a major factor in the fall election.

It looks like they’ve finally realized endless war in Iraq isn’t a poliical winner. This time their ads focus on Social Security and Taxes. For example they are spending 366,000 to run the ad below against Blue America candidate Jeff Merkley: