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	<title><![CDATA[The Obamercial:  Half Campaign Ad, Half "60 Minutes"]]></title>
	<url>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/30/the-obamercial-half-campa_n_139152.html</url>
	<abstract><![CDATA[<p>The reviews from last night's <strong>Barack Obama</strong> infomercial &amp;mdash; aka the 30-minute ad buy on NBC, CBS, Fox, MSNBC, BET and Univision &amp;mdash; are in, and they are <a href="http://gawker.com/5070749/where-did-the-obama-ad-touch-you">pretty good</a>. That should surprise no one; the Obama campaign has proven itself <a href="http://ta-nehisicoates.theatlantic.com/archives/2008/10/obama_commercialwhat_do_we_think.php">pretty darn good at execution</a>. Despite the very real risk of overreaching and <a href="http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1008/15056.html">seeming extravagant and excessive </a>(Greek columns, anyone?), the campaign was smart in making the Oba-mercial not just about the candidate, but about four...</p>]]></abstract>
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	<date_published>2008-11-30T05:12:00-05:00</date_published>
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