Entries tagged “Ad Wars”
Why Obama's Camp May Want McCain to Play Rezko
By William Rabbe on 08/21/2008
Does Playing the Rezko Card = Playing the Keating 5 Card to the Obama Camp? The Obama team may welcome McCain's counterattack about Obama's land deal with Tony Rezko -- why? Because it will allow them the leeway to bring up controversies of greater leverage without being scorned, for instance, the "Keating Five" scandal. Following the cardinal rule of "when attack, attack back," the Obama team may feel they have no choice but to reexamine the 1989 affair in which Senator McCain was implicated, making the attack seem less scurrilous and more a matter of necessary self-defense. This will certainly... MORE »
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Where Were You During the Summer of Love?
By William Rabbe on 07/08/2008
By Will Rabbe The ad wars continue: "Don't hope for a better life -- vote for one" [emphasis added] is the message of John McCain's new TV spot: As a very well edited piece, it is likely to be effective -- it combines elements of McCain's biography with a rebuttal of Barack Obama's message. But it also equates the counterculture and the 1967 "Summer of Love" with Obama's campaign themes of "hope" and "change". Is it a problem is that at age 46, Obama was only 6 years old at the time?... MORE »
Ad Wars: Round 2
By William Rabbe on 04/02/2008
By William Rabbe These two ads came out the same day. Clinton's: And John McCain's: And guess what? They're almost the same ad! But who should get the rapid response award? The answer is here and this is probably the reason he looks so happy. Thanks to The Page for breaking the McCain reply. MORE »
Ad Wars: Round 1
By William Rabbe on 03/28/2008
By William Rabbe Everyone knows that John McCain will likely benefit from a protracted Democratic battle, but never was that more apparent than now -- as he begins airing his first general election TV ad in the important swing state of New Mexico. I might also add that the 60 second spot is creatively titled after his navy serial number, 624787 -- a number which America will know by heart by the convention if Republican strategists successfully continue to establish McCain's life story for the American public -- virtually unopposed... The Democrats forfeit round 1 as they carry on through... MORE »
