WASHINGTON — After weeks of being out-advertised by Barack Obama, John McCain and the Republican Party are nearly matching the Democrat ad for a...
HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 11.23.2008 | Politics
The McCain campaign and RNC's pushback to revelations that they purchased $150,000 worth of clothing and accessories for Sarah Palin has been, primari...
Michael Weingartner | Posted 01.14.2009 | Politics
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Michael Hughes | Posted 11.19.2008 | Home
Political communications consultant Mike Hughes, special to OffTheBus, deconstructs the latest campaign ads, frame by frame. In his latest ad, Obama ...
Robert S. McElvaine | Posted 11.17.2008 | Politics
McCain's "terrorist" ads, pamphlets, and calls should have a tagline saying, "John McCain and the Republican National Committee are Irresponsible for the totally misleading content of this advertising."
Patricia Clarkson | Posted 11.15.2008 | Entertainment
It was recently brought to my attention that some people are mistaking my voice for that of a McCain supporter. My voice has been busy cheering loudly for one Senator Barack Obama.
HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 11.12.2008 | Politics
With the presidential campaign approaching its final stretch, Barack Obama finds himself in an enviable position. One official close to the campaign...
Michael Hughes | Posted 11.07.2008 | Home
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.
Daniel Nichanian | Posted 10.31.2008 | Home
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?
HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 10.27.2008 | Politics
Barack Obama is out with a new campaign ad that includes a cadre of veterans -- including 2006 congressional candidate Tammy Duckworth -- vouching for...
AP | BRENDAN FARRINGTON | Posted 10.16.2008 | Politics
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Did Barack Obama really call Sarah Palin a pig, as a John McCain ad leads people to believe? "No," McCain said Monday. The ...
HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 10.15.2008 | Politics
When Karl Rove is saying your political ads have gone too far, you know you must be doing something dishonest. The former Bush chief strategist, appe...
HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 10.13.2008 | Politics
Obama campaign manager David Plouffe sent a memo to reporters early Friday morning, acknowledging the tightness of the presidential race and committin...
Talking Points Memo | Posted 09.29.2008 | Politics
John McCain and the Republican National Committee are significantly expanding the map of their ad spending, and have now reserved ad time in North Car...
HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 09.12.2008 | Politics
Bruce Lunsford, one of the Democratic Party's would-be new Senators, derided John McCain last week for running ads that "diminished the role of the pr...
Bill Press | Posted 08.12.2008 | Politics
The leading Democratic Senators should been out there condemning John McCain and demanding that he apologize and pull his personal attack ads from the air.
Huffington Post | Posted 08.08.2008 | Politics
In a recently unearthed clip of Cindy McCain she makes the claim "none of this negative stuff, you won't see that come out of our side at all." This s...
Posted 07.26.2008 | Politics
John McCain gets aggressive in his new ad, accusing Obama of changing his position on the Iraq for political reasons and ignoring Afghanistan in the S...
Posted 07.19.2008 | Politics
In a new ad, John McCain reaches out to Hispanic members of the Armed Forces. The ad uses footage from a Republican primary debate where McCain defend...
Election Central | Greg Sargent | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics
Election Central has obtained a copy of a new anti-McCain ad sponsored by the group Campaign To Defend America: The Campaign to Defend America -- whi...
AP | JIM KUHNHENN | Posted 11.30.2008 | Politics