Arrogant Obama's Short-Lived Presidential Seal
By Bonnie Erbe -
To the Contrary
- June 24, 2008
The seal illustrated the arrogance and lack of substance endemic in the Obama campaign.
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Presidential Candidates Spent Nearly $200 Million on TV Ads
By Nikki Schwab -
Nation & World
- June 4, 2008
A new analysis shows the Democrats outspent Republicans drastically in ad spending.
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Hillary's "Kitchen" Ad
By Bonnie Erbe -
To the Contrary
- April 23, 2008
If the New York Times can't take the heat...
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'McSame as Bush' Ads Attack GOP Nominee
News Desk
- March 5, 2008
A day after John McCain captured enough delegates to secure the GOP nomination, television ads characterizing him as "McSame as Bush" were scheduled to begin airing in the swing state of Pennsylvania, according to an official with Campaign to Defend America, a liberal advocacy group.
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Read Our Hillary Mail
By Paul Bedard -
Washington Whispers
- February 27, 2008
We're getting swamped by letters from Senator Clinton, but one has us wondering if her campaign is dreaming. It says, "The Race Is On!"
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Presidential Campaign Ads Top $100 Million
News Desk
- February 4, 2008
Presidential candidates have spent a lot of money flooding your television sets with advertising during this campaign season. So much that they have already spent $107 million on TV ads as of last Sunday, a new study out of the University of Wisconsin Advertising Project found, and that was before Republican candidate Mitt Romney began his televised assault in some Super Tuesday states and before Barack Obama showcased his message to last night's Super Bowl viewers.
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William Henry Harrison, Martin Van Buren, and the Birth of the Modern Political Campaign
By Alex Kingsbury -
Nation & World
- January 17, 2008
From platforms to pennants to booze, the multifaceted legacy of the election of 1840.
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Romney Tops in TV Ads in N.H.
News Desk
- January 7, 2008
Mitt Romney, as he did in Iowa, has taken the prize for most candidate television spots run in New Hampshire during the first four days of the new year--7,247 in the three media markets that the Nielsen Co. had monitored going into tomorrow's primary.
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The Ron Paul Hottie of the Day
By Paul Bedard -
Washington Whispers
- January 7, 2008
We wrote about this pin-up calendar, and now you can see the pictures too at hotties4ronpaul.com.
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For Iowans, Flood of Ads Is Nearly Over
News Desk
- January 3, 2008
In the final push to influence the Iowa caucuses, the presidential candidates are making their case in TV ads airing across the state. They've placed more than 42,000 spots in Iowa since early December, according to the latest numbers compiled by Nielsen. The figure represents 65 percent of the total number of political ads placed by presidential candidates on local television across the country.
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Primary States Get First Glimpse of Candidates' TV Ads
By Kenneth T. Walsh -
Nation & World
- November 16, 2007
In a sure sign that the presidential campaign is gaining velocity, the air wars have begun.
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