Democratic want ads: Seeking Paparazzi!

I know I'd read this story somewhere else (not sure where), but it seems that the WaPo had to admit to the fact that Dems are looking for 'anything' to dig up on Republican candidates.   No surprise there, as politics are a very dirty business... but just how far would they go?

Democratic officials are advising campaigns to hire trackers to follow their Republican opponents to public events with video cameras, ready to catch any gaffe or misstatement. And the Democratic National Committee last week issued a call to the public to submit any embarrassing audio or video of Republicans, as well as copies of their direct-mail advertisements.

Makes me wonder why they didn't just say.. "Make up videos so we can use it"?    Of course, GOP leadership, such as Michael Steele proves that even GOP'ers aren't the swiftest when it comes to live statements, but hasn't been democrats who have made the majority of the verbal faux-pas's lately?