Obama Ads

Obama Campaign Releases Three New Ads On The Economy, Auto Industry

The Huffington Post | Sam Stein | Posted 05.10.2012

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President Barack Obama's re-election campaign has released three new ads as part of the $25 million airwave campaign it is launching this May. The spo...

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First Obama 2012 TV Ads Hit The Air

AP/The Huffington Post | Posted 01.29.2012

WASHINGTON — With an eye on recruiting volunteers, President Barack Obama is launching the first TV ads of his re-election campaign. Campaign off...

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Republican April Fools' Day Ad Takes Aim At Democrats' 'Rainbows And Unicorns'

Posted 05.25.2011

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In a new Web ad just in time for April Fool's Day, the National Republican Senatorial Committee heaped faux praise on an unlikely target: President Ba...

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Follow-Ups to Barack Obama's "Dignity" Ad

Jake Goldman | Posted 05.25.2011

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Obama: [holding hands with a Rabbi while lighting a menorah and wearing a shirt that says "Won't Jew vote for me?"] I am a real mensch. And I'm not Muslim.

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Leading the New Political Evolution in Advertising

Danny Groner | Posted 05.25.2011

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Both the media and President-elect Obama's strategists have worked -- hopefully independently -- to transform the man into a brand

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Obama Airs Two Prime Time Ads in McCain's Home State

Marlene H. Phillips | Posted 05.25.2011

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By Marlene H. Phillips and Dawn Teo For the first time in this presidential election, Barack Obama has aired not one but two prime time ads in my sta...

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Cheney Stars In New Obama Ad (VIDEO)

AP | NEDRA PICKLER | Posted 05.25.2011

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SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama highlights Vice President Dick Cheney's support for Republican nominee John Mc...

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Five Reasons Why the Obama Infomercial was Worth the Cost

Leah McElrath Renna | Posted 05.25.2011

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The Obama infomercial was a risk -- but the piece will likely go down in history as yet another way the Obama campaign has forever changed the face of political campaigning through its creative use of media.

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Packaged Goods

Daniel Menaker | Posted 05.25.2011

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Barack Obama's infomercial -- fairly long on the mercial and comparatively short on the info, or at least on new info -- was moving and effective. It was also slick and sleek, like its protagonist.

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Obama Infomercial (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Nicholas Graham | Posted 05.25.2011

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Barack Obama's half-hour commercial/mini-documentary aired on Wednesday evening. Watch the full video below. Following the produced segment, viewer...

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Ad Wars: Obama Condemns Gambling With Healthcare As McCain Proposes Laissez Faire Economic Plan

Michael Hughes | Posted 05.25.2011

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Political communications consultant Mike Hughes, special to OffTheBus, deconstructs the latest campaign ads, frame by frame. In his latest ad, Obama ...

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Obama Holds Advertising Advantage Over McCain

AP | JIM KUHNHENN | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — Already advertising at record levels, Barack Obama has scheduled a half-hour commercial for prime time on Oct. 29, six days before ...

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Ad Wars: McCain Dishonorable and Obama Untrustworthy

Michael Hughes | Posted 05.25.2011

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The difference between these ads is that Obama effectively hits viewer with facts on economic issues, while McCain focuses on tax policy, but distorts the truth, which can diminish the ad's effectiveness.

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Obama Spends $350K On Ads In Omaha, Versus McCain's Zero

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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It is an unlikely scenario, but one the Obama campaign has been prepping for. If the Democratic Senator wins every state won by John Kerry in the 2004...

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McCain, Obama Ad Strategies Echoed In Congressional Races Across Nation

Daniel Nichanian | Posted 05.25.2011

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The entire Republican Party cannot credibly run against itself. Can a voter in New Hampshire's first district believe that John McCain, John Sununu and Jeb Bradley are all mavericks? If so, who is the establishment?

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NYT: Obama Ads Make Dubious Claims, Mislead

New York Times | Posted 05.25.2011

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Two weeks ago, Senator Barack Obama's presidential campaign gleefully publicized a spate of news reports about misleading and untruthful statements in...

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McCain's Ad Removal Could Save Campaign $1 Million A Day

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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The McCain campaign is working "feverishly" to take down television advertisements that it is running nationally, according to sources who follow medi...

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Plouffe Memo: "We Will Respond With Speed And Ferocity"

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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Obama campaign manager David Plouffe sent a memo to reporters early Friday morning, acknowledging the tightness of the presidential race and committin...

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Obama's Florida Dominance: 9,785 More Ads

WSJ | Posted 05.25.2011

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In Florida's living rooms, the presidential contest so far has been a landslide -- Barack Obama, 9,785; John McCain, zero. That is the tally of local...

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Obama's Celeb Ad Adopts McCain Line Of Attack

HuffingtonPost.com | Seth Colter Walls | Posted 05.25.2011

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For good or for ill, the "celebrity" meme is here to stay in the presidential race. After John McCain's campaign attacked Barack Obama on the grounds...

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The Dumb Politics of "Celebrity"

Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 05.25.2011

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Sounds like "celebrity" applies to both these men who happen to be running for president, spending millions to reach out to voters who see them every day on TV, in the papers, and staring up from magazine covers. But otherwise, totally anonymous.

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Obama's Self-Defeating Rhetoric

Joseph Romm | Posted 05.25.2011

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You can't debunk a myth by verbally repeating it. This is actually very basic stuff, so it is surprising that neither Obama nor his team understand it.

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Obama's New Ad Focuses On Future Threats (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Rachel Weiner | Posted 05.25.2011

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In a new ad, sent out by the campaign after his roundtable on 21st-century security threats, Obama talks about foreign policy problems outside of Iraq...

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Nuclear Weapons Obama's Focus In New Ad

Posted 05.25.2011

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In a new ad, Barack Obama touts his foreign policy bipartisanship (but doesn't mention Iraq). "The single most important national security threat tha...

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Obama Issues Response To RNC Attack Ad

Posted 05.25.2011

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Obama responds to the RNC's "Balance" ad attacking his energy policy with an ad tying McCain to Bush. "McCain and Bush support a drilling plan that ...

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