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Our New Ad on Bob Schaffer's Shameful Record

Jon Soltz | Posted 08.20.2008 | Politics


Jon Soltz

As one of our veterans says in the ad, "I went to Iraq for my country. Bob Schaffer went to Iraq for a big oil company."

Pavlovian Premillennialism

Randall Balmer | Posted 08.14.2008 | Politics


Randall Balmer

In subtle and not-so-subtle ways, Republicans are seeking to portray the presumptive Democratic nominee as the Antichrist foretold in the Book of Revelation.

Olympic Ad Wars

Josh Dorner | Posted 08.11.2008 | Politics


Josh Dorner

A hard negative ad seems ill-suited to the unifying spirit of the Olympics. Obama's ad is likely to comport well with Americans swollen with pride, while McCain's stands out with its harsh tone.

A Plea to the Candidates: Be in Charge of Yourselves

Paula Poundstone | Posted 08.06.2008 | Politics


Paula Poundstone

There are only so many hours in a day. All of that time and energy put into finding fault in one's opponent siphons off minutes of quiet reflection about oneself.

David Ignatius Presents the Fable of John McCain

Cenk Uygur | Posted 07.31.2008 | Media


Cenk Uygur

McCain was a POW, and he showed extraordinary courage and perseverance, and was a hero at that time. The way he has run his campaign at this time is not heroic -- it is downright despicable.

Sam Stein

Barack Hits Back: Ad Says McCain Taking Low Road

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 07.30.2008 | Politics


Responding to a harsh personal attack from John McCain, Barack Obama released a television ad late Wednesday evening accusing the the Arizona Republic...

Who Wants to Be Loved, Anyway?

Ryan J. Davis | Posted 07.30.2008 | Politics


Ryan J. Davis

John McCain is hedging his bid for the presidency on the idea that Americans want a president who inspires all the world to burn American flags.

RNC Rolls Out First Contrast Ad

Daniel Nichanian | Posted 07.07.2008 | Home


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

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

Jake Goldman | Posted 07.02.2008 | Politics


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.

The Big Bang of Attack Ads

Steve Cone | Posted 06.19.2008 | Politics


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.

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

Huff TV | Posted 06.18.2008 | Media


Huff TV

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

McCain Spends $1M Campaigning Without Rival In Mich.

Dan Treul | Posted 06.12.2008 | Home


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.

McCain as Peacenik: 1968 All Over Again

Glenn Hurowitz | Posted 06.06.2008 | Politics


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

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

Bella DePaulo | Posted 05.24.2008 | Media


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?

Lou Dobbs Rants About Clinton, Obama "Distortions"

The Huffington Post | Dipayan Gupta | Posted 04.22.2008 | Media


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...

Stopping the Swift Boaters Now

Brian Wolff | Posted 04.16.2008 | Politics


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.

Jason Linkins

John McCain Campaign AdWatch: Stop Snitching

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 04.01.2008 | Politics


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...

Girl In 3 AM Commercial Films Ad For Obama

Huffington Post | Posted 03.21.2008 | Politics


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 ...

Obama Skin Tone Darker In Clinton Ad?

America Blog | John Ararvosis | Posted 03.04.2008 | Politics


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 ...

Clinton Releases New Texas, Ohio Ads

Huffington Post | Posted 03.03.2008 | Politics


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...

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


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...

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

Associated Press | Mike Glover | Posted 01.02.2008 | Politics


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

Jason Linkins

Campaign AdWatch: McCain's 'Easy'

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 12.26.2007 | Politics


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...

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

Edward Ugel | Posted 12.19.2007 | Politics


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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