2006 Campaign Ad Watch

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My "favorite" ad so far is the one where Mark Kennedy portrays himself as a stingy jerk who won't give his daughter a raise in her allowance.

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Steele's ads are pretty good. He appears to be a great campaigner. Too bad for the Republicans he's to the right of Bush in a damn liberal state, because otherwise he could be their answer to Obama.

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Ned Lamont's latest ad

Patriot

oooh, that's a great one.

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http://www.markkennedy06.com/ads/ad6.htm

Mentioned earlier. Does anyone else get the message from this one that Kennedy is just a stingy jerk who won't give his daughter an allowance raise when she has a valid reason?

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Vote Vets headed to Pennsylvania

GREAT ONE!

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I just saw another Casey ad which blasts Santorum for the usual (Social Security, minimum wage, 98% of the time with Bush, etc.). Looks like that's all Bobby will be doing now and he still doesn't get that you are supposed to say you above of the ad before you go attacking your opponent.

So what's your opinion of this ad?

http://www.markkennedy06.com/ads/ad9.htm

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Actually my point is Kennedy put the "I approve this message" thing at the end of the ad rather than the beginning which you attacked Casey for.

Casey's most recent ad with the black girl, while rather sugary, was hardly attacking Santorum.

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Vote Vets headed to Pennsylvania

GREAT ONE!

What do you think about the one in my sig.  Click the pick and then click play in the upper right on the website.

I love this ad.

Fairly standard ad, but it's good.

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King is typically thought of as being a bit too conservative for the district, but previous showings may have been flukes.

In 2000 Gore won the district by over 13 points. however in 2004 Bush won it by almost 5.

Obviously 9/11 played a big role there, but dethroning King will be a lot tougher than previously thought. Hopefully some lobbyist group gives King a really good offer before 2008.

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Great DSCC anti-Burns one:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=_QeU23glEg8

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I find Kennedy, Steele and Ford's being the only decent ones.

What? Kennedy's got some of the lamest ads I've ever seen. Even the Freepers seem to agree based on what they've said, and that's one of the reasons for his double digit trailing.

Klobuchar's are nothing spetacular, but they are far better.

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I haven't watched it yet. I usually don't watch ads on my sh!tty computer.

I'll watch it later tonight when I'm on a school comp.

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The anti-Steele ad is a great counter.

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Klobuchar's response to Kennedy's lame attack ads:

http://amyklobuchar.com/media/video/ashamed-tv.html

ouch. Poor Marky.

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This is the worst campaign ad of the cycle. It features two ornery old men sitting on a porch talking about how "liberal" Joe Donnelly is. At the end of the ad, when the bald man asks the orange haired man whether he's voting for Donnelly, the orange haired man responds, "noooo."

http://indianaonmessage.com/in2_chocola_porch.shtml

This ad explains why Rep. Chocola's down double digits in the polls.

Wow.

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Klobuchar's response to Kennedy's lame attack ads:

http://amyklobuchar.com/media/video/ashamed-tv.html

ouch. Poor Marky.

Game, set, match...

I saw that Friday in my elections class, the professor was showing some ads from all the candidates. He also showed Steele's "Steele Hates Puppies" ad that he said a former classmate who now lives in Maryland emailed to him. The class (which is about 75% Democrats at least) afterwords even admitted it was a really good ad.

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Another one for the atrocious ad pile:

http://www.petericketts.com/comm_092506.asp

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Another one for the atrocious ad pile:

http://www.petericketts.com/comm_092506.asp

Please tell me that God-awful piece of trash did not actually air on TV. That was the most annoying ad I have ever seen in my life.

The guy who told me about it lives in Omaha and said it's been hitting the airwaves there.

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Whats OH-12 like?

Mostly suburban Columbus

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This ad won't save Tom Reynolds, but it is damn good. Hell, it almost made me like him: http://www.reynoldsforcongress.com/trtv3.cfm

Davis' ads are some of the cheapest and unprofessional I've ever seen. They remind me of homemade ones I see on YouTube. Makes it even more humorous that he's going to win: http://www.jackdavis.org/new/videos.asp

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Here's the link for the extraordinary Corker ad: http://www.bobcorkerforsenate.com/video.tb1.aspx?video=commercial15

This is the kind of ad that can change a 1 or 2 point race.

Just average stuff, wasn't that great.

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Here's a great one against Nancy Johnson: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vcnTYBfxerg&eurl=

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I wonder what WMS thinks of Madrid's ads. Personally I think they rock. She really goes for the throat:

http://www.madridforcongress.com/node/1019

Ouch. Devestating. And check out this one:

http://www.madridforcongress.com/node/1089

Got to love the tough language used. "Heather Wilson took more money from child predator Mark Foley than anyone else in Congress and as one of just three members on the page oversight board, she did nothing while Foley preyed on children."

Ouch. Very very harsh.

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Uh...enjoy this new Santorum ad...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RnfURvvNSI8

Ummm...  Im not sure what to think of that ad.

It reminds me of Mark Kennedy's lame ass ad pretending to be bipartisan.

Oh yeah, f**k Hillary too for what he said. That's why I've endorsed the Socialist Workers candidate in New York.

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Uh...enjoy this new Santorum ad...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RnfURvvNSI8

Much as I dislike Santorum, I really have to say that that was a great ad.

So do you think this is one?

http://markkennedy06.com/ads/ads3.htm

Any candidate can cherry-pick their record like that. Hell, I think Sam Brownback is the best Senator on a certain issue (He's one of the few taking a stand against the RIAA). Does that make me or Brownback moderate or bipartisan?