Political Ads

RNC Rolls Out First Contrast Ad

Daniel Nichanian | Posted 07.07.2008 | Home

Read More: Mccain Moderate, McCain Offshore Drilling, Mccain Energy, Mccain Energy Policy, RNC Ads, Republican Ads, Political Ads, Mccain Energy Plan, Iraq War Ad, McCain Gas Tax, Vets Iraq, John McCain, Home News
Daniel Nichanian

It is remarkable that the Republican Party ad praises McCain for pushing the party to recognize global warming. McCain is depicted as a realist

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

Jake Goldman | Posted 07.02.2008 | Politics

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Jake Goldman

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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The Big Bang of Attack Ads

Steve Cone | Posted 06.19.2008 | Politics

Read More: Negative Ad, Television, Lbj, Negative Attacks, Political Ads, Lyndon Johnson, Daisy, Barry Goldwater, Politics News
Steve Cone

In memory of its creator, I think it is high time we understand that the 1964 Daisy ad was not about being negative but rather truthful.

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Rachel Sklar on The O'Reilly Factor on Web Videos and the Election

Huff TV | Posted 06.18.2008 | Media

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Huff TV

Rachel Sklar appeared on The O'Reilly Factor Tuesday night to discuss videos impacting campaign coverage, including the latest MoveOn.org ad.

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McCain Spends $1M Campaigning Without Rival In Mich.

Dan Treul | Posted 06.12.2008 | Home

Read More: Michigan Primary, Barack Obama, Mccain, Presidential Race, Tracking Polls, Campaign Finance, Political Ads, Obama, Vote 08, Michigan, John McCain, Political Polls, Home News
Dan Treul

McCain has been managing to lose a race against no one in the critical general election state, despite spending more than $500,000 per week since the end of May on TV ads there.

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McCain as Peacenik: 1968 All Over Again

Glenn Hurowitz | Posted 06.06.2008 | Politics

Read More: Iraq War, Political Ads, John McCain, Richard Nixon, Barack Obama, Hubert Humphrey, Politics News
Glenn Hurowitz

McCain's speech the other night was brilliant, frightening and 100% Nixon. But successful Nixon. How do you beat a Nixon? Be like Kennedy

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Full-Page "Women Count" Ad for Hillary Excludes 28 Million Women

Bella DePaulo | Posted 05.24.2008 | Media

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Bella DePaulo

The ad funded by "Women Count" counts every woman -- as long as she is married. I wonder, are single women also invisible to Hillary?

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Lou Dobbs Rants About Clinton, Obama "Distortions"

The Huffington Post | Dipayan Gupta | Posted 04.22.2008 | Media

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CNN's Jessica Yellin's report on Lou Dobbs' show last night on the back-stabbing half truths of political ad campaigns was apparently a revelation for...

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Stopping the Swift Boaters Now

Brian Wolff | Posted 04.16.2008 | Politics

Read More: Freedom's Watch, Dccc, Special Election, Swiftboating, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Political Ads, Don Cazayoux, National Republican Congressional Committee, Nrcc, Fec, La-06, Politics News
Brian Wolff

Today, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee filed a FEC complaint against the swift-boat group Freedom's Watch and the NRCC for illegally coordinating their political attack ads.

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Jason Linkins

John McCain Campaign AdWatch: Stop Snitching

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 04.01.2008 | Politics

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John McCain's new ad is about Heroes, and Memories, and Teachers, and more Memories. Misty, water-colored, memories of a time when McCain was a wee l...

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Girl In 3 AM Commercial Films Ad For Obama

Huffington Post | Posted 03.21.2008 | Politics

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The actor playing one of the sleeping children in Sen. Clinton's famous "3 AM" commercial has cut another campaign ad -- this one for Sen. Obama, who ...

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Obama Skin Tone Darker In Clinton Ad?

America Blog | John Ararvosis | Posted 03.04.2008 | Politics

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Via America Blog: I went and got the original footage from the Clinton ad, and then compared it to 3 different video clips of the same debate from 3 ...

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Clinton Releases New Texas, Ohio Ads

Huffington Post | Posted 03.03.2008 | Politics

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Sen. Clinton has two new ads out on the eve of primaries in Texas and Ohio. In the first, Clinton hits Obama on his inactivity while serving as chair...

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Obama Airs National Security Ad

Huffington Post | Posted 02.29.2008 | Politics

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Television Ad War Goes National

Wall Street Journal | Aaron Rutkoff | Posted 02.01.2008 | Politics

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With five days left before Super Tuesday, presidential campaign ads have gone national -- yet some candidates are on the airwaves in more of the count...

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Clinton Asks Iowans For Their Vote In 2-Minute Television Spot

Associated Press | Mike Glover | Posted 01.02.2008 | Politics

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Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton will make her closing argument to Iowa voters Wednesday evening during a televised message in which she tells them to ...

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Jason Linkins

Campaign AdWatch: McCain's 'Easy'

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 12.26.2007 | Politics

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Days after relating how Jesus gave him solace in the form of a cross scratched in the dirt while he was the Prisoner of Azkaban, John McCain is back o...

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John, Paul, George, Ringo...and Mike Huckabee?

Edward Ugel | Posted 12.19.2007 | Politics

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Edward Ugel

Imagine if someone who touts themselves as a man of religion wasn't so willing to alienate others just to get in bed with the evangelical crowd.

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Will Thomas

Huckabee's Christmas Ad, Ron Paul Fires Back

HuffingtonPost.com | Will Thomas | Posted 12.18.2007 | Politics

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Mike Huckabee is bringing his Christmas cheer, and his Baptist minister roots, to Iowans this election season. His recent ad, "What Really Matters," ...

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Apparent Huckabee Supporters Floods Iowa With Negative Calls

Politico | Jonathan Martin | Posted 12.03.2007 | Politics

Read More: Iowa, Negative Ad, Republican Presidential Candidate, John McCain, Presidential Race, Republican Primary, Rudy Giuliani, Mike Huckabee, Fred Thompson, Mitt Romney, Iowa Caucuses, Political Ads, 2008 Election, Iowa Primary, Politics News

A newly-formed group claiming to support Mike Huckabee hit the phones of Iowa Republicans tonight with an automated push-poll attacking Huckabee's GOP...

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Irreverent Huckabee Ad Features Chuck Norris Endorsement

Iowa Independent | Jay Wagner | Posted 11.18.2007 | Home

Read More: Iowa Caucuses, Political Ads, Political Ads in Iowa, Mike Huckabee, 2008 Election, Huckabee Chuck Norris Endorsement, Huckabee Chuck Norris, Offthebus, Home News

Mike Huckabee's first television commercial, which begins running this week, takes an irreverent approach to presidential politics, featuring martia...

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Jason Linkins

Tancredo's Iowa Ad = SUPER INSANE!

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 11.13.2007 | Politics

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"There are consequences to open borders," says the narrator - and he's not just talking about those Mexicans from Heroes who weep black tar from their...

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Tab For '08 Political Ads Expected To Reach $3 Billion

CNN | Posted 10.15.2007 | Media

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A wide-open presidential race and a willingness by candidates, interest groups, unions and corporations to buy TV time will lead to historic spending ...

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MoveOn.org Made A Mistake

Sheldon Drobny | Posted 09.11.2007 | Politics

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Sheldon Drobny

The recent NY Times ad by MoveOn.org was done in poor taste. Instead of evoking the desired result, it put into question the judgment of those who cr...

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