Campaign Ad Watch
Vote Rogue: Group Urges Write-Ins for Sarah Palin
A new radio and TV campaign is brewing in Iowa, urging Republicans to caucus for… Sarah Palin! Perhaps highlighting just how awful the current field of candidates are in the minds of most Iowans, the Sarah Palin Earthquake Movement wants voters to mobilize for the former Alaska governor next week. The group notes success in [...]
Ron Paul’s Exceptionally Effective 2-Minute Ad on Race
The New Revolution PAC, an entity supporting the Ron Paul presidential campaign, is raising money to run an unconventional 2-minute ad in early primary states. Aimed squarely at neutralizing the ‘racist newsletter’ controversy, the spot features the story of an African-American patient whose wife had a stillborn baby that Dr. Paul delivered. Apparently, Paul covered [...]
Green Party’s Mark Miller Hopes for Victory in State House Race
The Green Party has a pair of very promising candidates on the ballot in special elections for state legislature today. In Minnesota, national party co-chair Farheen Hakeem has a very real at finishing second in a 4-way race for state senate. She has outraised the Republican nominee and seems to be waging a very active campaign. [...]
Karger Inserts Himself Into Debate in New Web Ad
Longshot Republican presidential candidate Fred Karger has released a new campaign video on his website. In the nicely produced ad, Karger digitally inserts himself into the recent Fox News Google debate and shows what would have happened if he had been allowed to participate. In the ad, the largely unknown candidate is shown cutting off former [...]
Libertarian Coleman Launches 30-Second TV Commercial
Indianapolis city councilman Ed Coleman, a Libertarian, is putting the $50,000 he got from the Libertarian National Committee into action, launching a new 30-second television commercial. The ad asks voters to re-elect Coleman to the council, but he’s only “kind of” running for re-election. Coleman first won a seat on the council in 2007 as [...]
Karl Rove Expects Sarah Palin to Join the Fray
For the second time in as many days, Republican strategist Karl Rove said that he believes Sarah Palin is getting ready to enter the crowded Republican presidential field. “I’m not much of a gambler, but I’d put a little bit more money that she gets in than she doesn’t,” Rove said during an appearance earlier [...]
Bachmann Running Iowa Radio Spot in Advance of Monday’s Announcement
Republican presidential hopeful Michele Bachmann, who will make a pair of television appearances tomorrow in advance of her formal declaration of candidacy on Monday — appearing on both CBS’s “Face the Nation” and “Fox News Sunday” — is running a 60-second radio spot in Iowa inviting supporters to a Sunday rally at the famous Electric [...]
American Crossroads Airs Ad Slamming Obama on Economy
American Crossroads, one of two outside organizations founded by Karl Rove and former RNC chairman Ed Gillespie that played such a large role in the 2010 mid-term elections, is launching a new television commercial slamming President Obama on the economy. The hard-hitting 30-second spot, which is being funded by Crossroads GPS — an arm of American [...]
Santorum Launches Radio Spots
Former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum, who officially tossed his hat into the ring on Monday, has reportedly launched the presidential campaign’s first paid advertising, a 60-second satellite radio spot that will run for two weeks on the Fox radio network and on select stations in Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina. Santorum clearly positions himself [...]
New Davis Ad Generates Buzz in NY’s 26th District
Jack Davis, the cantankerous multimillionaire who’s spending millions on television ads as a third-party candidate in New York’s 26th district special election, has released a new television commercial called, “What’s at Stake.” The 30-second spot, which shows a depressing and all-too-familiar scene repeated in kitchens across the district — and the entire country, for that [...]

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