It'll Rot Your Brain: Campaign Ads Thread

[Meeker]

Lisa Murkowski says Joe Miller = 1964 Alaska earthquake?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nb0YTGRrDeA&feature=player_embedded

[Holmes]

You would think that ad was from the 70's based on its quality.

[Wonkish1]

Definitely not going to happen, but just imagine if alaska senate goes extremely close people are trying to decide what "constitutes" a write in. "Lesa Mircowski" "lisa mowski", etc. That would just be hilarious.

[Capitan Zapp Brannigan]

Bennett ad in Colorado:
http://www.youtube.com/bennetforcolorado#p/u/1/9SAwzrvGjIk

[Oakvale]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xa3fRarzoIQ&feature=player_embedded

This ad is great

That is actually a really good ad.

[Tender Branson]

New Reid ad:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_HaS6fhfOI&feature=player_embedded

[Lief 🗽]

Another excellent Jerry Brown ad: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sw_0a54S8po

[Dgov]

Another excellent Jerry Brown ad: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sw_0a54S8po

Kind of funny if you consider that Brown himself is far closer to Schwarzenegger than Whitman is politically.

[Capitan Zapp Brannigan]

New ad in Colorado from Women's Voices Women Vote Action Fund:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L8m_bE7zDC0&feature=player_embedded

[Meeker]

New ad in Colorado from Women's Voices Women Vote Action Fund:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L8m_bE7zDC0&feature=player_embedded

No, no, no. That whole incident was minor and won't get much attention at all.

[Meeker]

The Big O cuts an ad for Hanabusa: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kdg5tu_G9DI

[Lief 🗽]

McAdams' ad people continue to do solid work: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3t86wP-AdQ4&feature=player_embedded

[#CriminalizeSobriety]

An excellent Sean Bielat ad:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ZS1TP0DU2c

[Marokai Backbeat]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJKHS7qA_Wc

Here's a tip, Charlie: Your base won't be more likely to vote for you if you brag about "standing up" to your own party.

I'm starting to remember why I voted against this man the last time..

[Dgov]

Here's a tip, Charlie: Your base won't be more likely to vote for you if you brag about "standing up" to your own party.

Well, it's not really his BASE that he needs to worry about right now.

[Marokai Backbeat]

Here's a tip, Charlie: Your base won't be more likely to vote for you if you brag about "standing up" to your own party.

Well, it's not really his BASE that he needs to worry about right now.

I don't see how it benefits him in any way. The number of Independent voters on the fence swayed by this sort of message is negligible. If Republicans want someone who will 'stand up' to Democrats then they probably won't vote for a Democrat. And Democrats certainly aren't going to be turned on by the message. (And those that are will be more than offset by those that get irked by it.)

There is no winning scenario from this strategy. It woos no one and makes him look desperate and opportunistic.

[Dgov]

Here's a tip, Charlie: Your base won't be more likely to vote for you if you brag about "standing up" to your own party.

Well, it's not really his BASE that he needs to worry about right now.

I don't see how it benefits him in any way. The number of Independent voters on the fence swayed by this sort of message is negligible. If Republicans want someone who will 'stand up' to Democrats then they probably won't vote for a Democrat. And Democrats certainly aren't going to be turned on by the message. (And those that are will be more than offset by those that get irked by it.)

There is no winning scenario from this strategy. It woos no one and makes him look desperate and opportunistic.

You're forgetting that this part of the country is full of Conservative Democrats.  Like in West Virginia, Kentucky, Arkansas, etc., the Democrats usually have big intensification advantages,  but have large populations of Democrats that are as uncomfortable with Pelosi-grade Liberalism as Republicans are.  He's targeting those kind of voters, and trying to reassure them that voting for him doesn't equal support for the National democratic party, and then playing to their natural identification advantages.

Liberals are going to vote for him anyway, so he's not really losing much there.  He just has to run an "Look at how evil my Republican opponent is" ad and that will more than offset any discouragement this kind of ad produces.

[Lunar]

new DGA ad in Rhode Island: "I had a Band" http://www.ChafeesTaxPlan.com

[Lunar]

Carneyyyyyyyyyyyyyy, that's ma' boy!

http://capitaltonight.com/2010/10/and-you-thought-carl-paladino-was-extreme/

[Lunar]

hahahahahahahaaaa

http://thecapitolfaxblog.com/2010/10/22/bradys-black-radio-ad-plus-other-adventures-in-youtubing/

[JohnnyLongtorso]

Carneyyyyyyyyyyyyyy, that's ma' boy!

http://capitaltonight.com/2010/10/and-you-thought-carl-paladino-was-extreme/

Yeah, Urquhart is as big of a nut as O'Donnell, just not in an entertaining away.

[Lief 🗽]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SymmAC3-4zs&feature=player_embedded

"Hey guys, let's put out a desperate-sounding 1-minute-long biography ad eight days before the election!"
"Sure, okay, that's a tried and true strategy that will shake up the race."

[Lief 🗽]

new DGA ad in Rhode Island: "I had a Band" http://www.ChafeesTaxPlan.com

rofl... I love the DGA's "let's make rich white liberals feel guilty" ad campaign.

[Lunar]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SymmAC3-4zs&feature=player_embedded

"Hey guys, let's put out a desperate-sounding 1-minute-long biography ad eight days before the election!"
"Sure, okay, that's a tried and true strategy that will shake up the race."

A few digs at Arnold in there, ah

[Sbane]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJKHS7qA_Wc

Here's a tip, Charlie: Your base won't be more likely to vote for you if you brag about "standing up" to your own party.

I'm starting to remember why I voted against this man the last time..

What's so wrong with running that ad in an area of the country that could be impacted badly by cap and trade? If he was saying he would always stand up to Democratic leaders, I could understand your concerns. But in this ad he is singling out a specific piece of legislation, and saying he is against the official party platform on that issue.