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Progressives Call Out Harry Reid in New Ad 

Ask if he's 'strong enough' to pass
public option

Oct 19, 09 7:48 AM CDT
(Newser) - A progressive group is taking off the gloves with a new ad titled, straightforwardly, “Is Harry Reid Strong Enough?” The ad, which begins airing in Nevada on Wednesday, features a self-proclaimed “typical swing-voter” with health problems vowing ominously to vote for Reid in 2010 based exclusively on whether... More »

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Harry Reid • Nevada • health care reform • political advertising • attack ad • public option • progressives

Christie's NJ Lead Shrinks
After Corzine's Weight Ads

He's now up by only 1 point in the latest polls

Oct 13, 09 5:50 PM CDT
(Newser) - Gov. Jon Corzine's strategy of running an ad that calls attention to challenger Chris Christie’s girth may be paying off: 19% of New Jersey voters said Christie’s weight made them less likely to vote for him, while 11% said it was a “legitimate campaign issue,” a... More »

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obesity • Jon Corzine • New Jersey • political advertising • Christopher Christie • Election 09 • election day November 2009

Dole Gets DNC Health Reform Spot Pulled

Ad citing former GOP senator's support 'backhanded,' he says

Oct 11, 09 8:00 PM CDT
(AP) - The Democratic National Committee is canceling a television ad touting GOP support for health care reform after protests from one of the Republicans mentioned, former Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole. Dole is quoted saying: "I want this to pass...We've got to do something." The former Kansas senator... More »

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GOP • Republican Party • Rahm Emanuel • Democratic National Committee • Bob Dole • health care reform • political advertising • television advertising

ANALYSIS

'Vast Right-Wing Conspiracy' Returns With Same Cast 

But Clinton thinks forces aren't as strong as those he faced

Oct 5, 09 10:28 AM CDT
(Newser) - Americans may be "less receptive" to right-wing messages than they were in the days of Bill Clinton, but as the former president put it last week on Meet the Press, the “vast right-wing conspiracy” that threatened to destroy his presidency is making an encore appearance—and it's... More »

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Barack Obama • Bill Clinton • smear campaign • political advertising • President Obama • birther • Newsmax • National Republican Trust PAC • Scott Wheeler • Christopher Ruddy • Vince Foster

 New DNC Ad Slams 
 GOP's 'Angry Mobs' 



Dems use town hall protests to fire back

Aug 5, 09 8:52 AM CDT
(Newser) - In a new online ad, Democrats return fire at “angry mobs” driven by the Republican Party, the Huffington Post reports. “They lost the election. They lost on the Recovery Act, the budget and children’s health care,” says the ad. “Now, desperate Republicans and their well-funded... More »

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online advertising • mob • Republican Party • Democratic National Committee • political advertising • Democratic Party • town hall meeting • right wingers • protesters • President Obama • birther

(Newser) - If online ads are the future of political campaigning, then a legal snafu in the St. Petersburg mayoral race bears watching. Florida election officials have ruled that one candidate’s Google and Facebook ads violate state election laws because they don’t clearly state who paid for the ad, the... More »

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Florida • Internet • online advertising • St. Petersburg • online ads • campaign fundraising • political advertising • campaign advertising

Health Care Debate Readies for Road Trip

Democrats will spend recess targeting insurance companies

Aug 3, 09 9:34 AM CDT
(Newser) - With the House already on break and the Senate readying for the August recess, the health care debate has moved to the court of public opinion, the New York Times reports. Both sides are launching campaign tours and waves of TV ads, with Democrats attacking the insurance industry and... More »

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health care • health insurance • House of Representatives • Republican Party • health care reform • political advertising • Democratic Party • David Axelrod • US Senate • Obama administration • political strategy

ANALYSIS

Va. Primary Upset Shows 'Google Blasting' Works


Jun 12, 09 12:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - Creigh Deeds owes a debt to Google after his surprising come-from-behind win in this week's Virginia Democratic gubernatorial primary. Starting the day before the election, Derek Thompson writes for the Atlantic, Deeds’ campaign employed “Google Blasting, an eleventh-hour strategy to blanket Google-affiliated webpages in an area with a... More »

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Google • Internet • primary • Virginia • political advertising • governor • Creigh Deeds • Google Blast

Supreme Court Will Rule
on Hillary Documentary

Anti-Clinton flick deemed campaign ad

Mar 21, 09 7:04 PM CDT
(Newser) - Supreme Court judges will go the movies next week when they hear arguments about a feature-length film on Hillary Clinton, the AP reports. Screened in eight theaters during the presidential campaign, Hillary: the Movie fizzled after federal courts said the scathing documentary and its commercials amounted to campaign ads.... More »

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Hillary Clinton • film • campaign finance • political advertising • US Supreme Court • Election 2008 • documentary film • Citizens United

 Critics Invoke Jesus 
 in Anti-Stimulus Ad 

Conservative group launches $1M ad to slam government spending

Feb 20, 09 3:58 AM CST
(Newser) - A conservative group has brought Jesus into the fray over the stimulus package, Politico reports. An anti-stimulus ad from the American Issues Project set to start airing today flashes a picture of the three wise men on the screen and asks viewers to imagine spending "$1 million every single... More »

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Congress • political advertising • economic stimulus package • conservatives • advocacy

New Labor Radio Ad Beats Up on Rush

Attacks GOP senators,
tells them not to side with Limbaugh

Jan 30, 09 3:00 PM CST
(Newser) - A radio ad is making the rounds in Cleveland, Reno, and Philadelphia, slamming the local Republican senator and the apparent leader of the opposition: Rush Limbaugh. The ad, from the labor-backed Americans United for Change, slams House Republicans who “voted with Limbaugh against creating 4 million new American jobs.... More »

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labor movement • Rush Limbaugh • political advertising • radio advertising • economic stimulus package

Dole's Foe Set
to Sue Over
'No God' Ad

Democrat Hagan, critics blast NC senator for attack on faith

Oct 31, 08 4:45 PM CDT
(Newser) - Kay Hagan, the North Carolina Democrat challenging Elizabeth Dole for her US Senate seat, has launched a defamation suit, and counter-ad, against the incumbent after a Dole spot questioned Hagan’s belief in God, the Charlotte Observer reports. The ad showed Hagan, a Sunday-school teacher, while another woman’s voice... More »

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Senate • North Carolina • lawsuit • defamation • Elizabeth Dole • political advertising • attack ad • Election 2008 • Kay Hagan

Coleman Sues Franken in Minn. Senate Race

GOP incumbent says comedian rival's ads are defamatory, false

Oct 30, 08 5:50 PM CDT
(Newser) - Minnesota's tight Senate race has turned litigious. Incumbent Norm Coleman sued opponent Al Franken today for character defamation, the Hill reports. Coleman’s campaign says ads claiming he is the “fourth most corrupt senator in Washington” are false and violate Minnesota campaign law. “Our ads are factual and... More »

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lawsuit • Norm Coleman • Minnesota • defamation • Al Franken • political advertising • Senate race • Election 2008

 Obama Spot Snags 
 22% of Viewers 

Buying time on all networks but ABC still misses most in major markets

Oct 30, 08 2:20 PM CDT
(Newser) - Just about a fifth of watchers in big US media markets tuned in to last night’s Barack Obama infomercial, even though the spot aired on four of five major networks, the Chicago Tribune reports. The highest ratings were in Baltimore, where a little less than a third of families... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • Nielsen • infomercial • political advertising • Ross Perot • Election 2008 • viewership

Pundit Roundup

 Mixed Reviews for the 'O Show' 

Some did, some didn't, making a headline tough to write

Oct 30, 08 10:23 AM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama's half-hour TV pitch scored with writers on the left—though one found it embarrassing to admit to being seduced by an infomercial—while those on the right were turned off:
  • Saying it was hardly the "gauzy, feel-good commercial," McCain labeled it in advance, John Nichols
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Barack Obama • infomercial • Obama 2008 • political advertising • Election 2008

ANALYSIS

Infomercial Smartly Put Feelings Before Facts


Oct 30, 08 6:27 AM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama made few concrete proposals in his multi-million-dollar TV spot last night, but the infomercial wasn't about policy, writes Tom Shales; it was about "sensibility." For the Washington Post columnist, Obama's long-form advertisement succeeded as a soft-focus, optimistic simulation "of how it would feel to live... More »

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Barack Obama • infomercial • political advertising • Election 2008

Senate Contests Ringing Up Record Ad Tabs

Some races tipping $30M mark, inundating voters with 'cacophony'

Oct 28, 08 10:05 AM CDT
(Newser) - Senate races in 11 hotly contested states are drawing record sums in spending on TV advertising, the Washington Post reports. Both parties stick to repeated attacks: Democrats and their backers tie Republicans to Bush and aid for big corporations, while GOP supporters say Democrats will tax and spend freely. “... More »

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Congress • Senate • Elizabeth Dole • Al Franken • political advertising • Senate race • campaign advertising • Election 2008 • Bob Schaffer

 Obama Shatters 
 Records With 
 $150M Sept. 

Brings total to more than $600M

Oct 19, 08 8:49 AM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama scored $150 million in September, he said today, a monthly record that brings his fundraising total to another record topping $600 million, the Wall Street Journal reports. The previous monthly record was Obama’s $66 million in August. Those figures give the Democrat a big leg up in... More »

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Barack Obama • campaign finance • campaign fundraising • political advertising • Election 2008




 Obama Set to Smash 
 Spending Records 

Unprecedented Democratic ad blitz to break Bush record within days

Oct 18, 08 7:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama is outspending John McCain 4-to-1 on advertising nationwide and is on course to break George Bush's 2004 spending record within days, reports the New York Times. Obama has stepped up his spending since the start of October and is blitzing network TV, cable TV, and even video games... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • political advertising • attack ad • campaign advertising • Election 2008

 Obama Ad to Delay 
  World Series Game 

If there is a Game 6, MLB agrees to push start back 18 minutes so Fox can air spot

Oct 16, 08 1:33 PM CDT
(Newser) - The GOP is crying foul after Fox announced it would delay a possible World Series Game 6 to air a 30-minute Barack Obama spot, CNN reports. Obama has bought airtime from Fox, CBS, and NBC for Oct. 29. “Not only is Obama putting politics before principle, he’s putting... More »

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television • Barack Obama • World Series • political advertising • baseball playoffs • baseball • Election 2008

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