Oregon Senator Ron Wyden is different. Like Oregon. I don't know that I believe outsider claims from any Senator, however well meaning. The deal with being a Senator is that you're actually the ultimate insider and you're going to use that influence in ways you and your constituents see fit. Anyway, the Wyden spot above is no great addition to the political advertising canon, I point to it because I'm forever …
There’s No Sublety In Political Advertising Bitch Sessions
According to The Texas Tribune, 24 newspapers around the Longhorn state, ran a full-page ad yesterday with a picture of Gov. Rick Perry and the word "coward" in large, capital letters. Back to Basics PAC, the anti-Perry group behind the ad, did receive push back from one paper. Heart-owned Houston Chronicle opted not to run the ad. …
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Pamela Gorman Is Gunning For A House Seat
Pamela Gorman is "Arizona's conservative choice for Congress," a fact she makes perfectly clear in the following commercial. I disagree with just about everything Gorman stands for, except for one thing. That one thing is the need to speak persuasively to one's best prospects. I don't know why candidates on the right have an easier time with this concept, but they do. Candidates on the left cloak their true feelings …
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Once A Cosmopolitan Centerfold, Now A Senator
Andrew Graff, chairman of Boston's Ad Club, writing in Adweek notes that Scott Brown won Ted Kennedy's Massachusetts Senate seat in a special election yesterday largely by portraying himself as a common man. Brown's ads showed him driving a pickup truck, amping up his Massachusetts accent and donning a barn jacket, like he was on his way to grab a Dunkin Donuts coffee and a Boston Herald before taking the T to work. …
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Social Media Strategy Fits The Kitzhaber Brand
Provide Oregonians a free undergraduate education. Create a state-run micro-loan program for Oregon startups. And help strengthen the creative economy. These are some of the ideas Oregonians are providing to John Kitzhaber, who is running for Governor in 2010. Ben Jacklet at Oregon Business writes: The Kitzhaber campaign's website for ideas has received dozens of suggestions from Oregonians ranging from jobs for the …
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Political Ads Could Get An Even Bigger Dose Of Corporate Cash
Over at Salon there's an interesting story about a pending Supreme Court decision that may allow big, big money to fund political advertising: The court has raised a range of high-stakes possibilities that could let corporations, unions and wealthy individuals pour money into elections in time for this year's congressional races, not to mention the 2012 presidential contest. A ruling is expected as early as …
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Whatever The Lie, It Will Be Told As Long As We Have The 1st Amendment And Rich Guys Willing To Pay For A Soap Box
When does advocacy work cross the line and become propoganda? I don't know, but I know it when I see it. Excuse me? Legions of rational minds disagree. With the help of The Washington Post, Eric Berger, a science writer at the Houston Chronicle draws a straight line from the sham known as CO2isGreen to Corbin J. Robertson, Jr., of Houston. Robertson is chief executive of Natural Resource Partners, a coal company. H. …
The Most Hilarious Tagline I’ve Seen In Years
Rick Sanchez of CNN responds to Fox's accusation. …
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