The Official 2012 Campaign Ad Thread

[Politico]

Hahah, running a general election campaign against this guy is going to be fun.

Obama's 2012 re-election campaign slogan: "Hope? Nope."

You're confusing campaign slogans with the things idiot teabaggers write on their signs.

You do realize that Obama is effectively proving that the 2008 "hope" stuff was complete and utter nonsense in the eyes of the entire electorate if he engages in a 1980-style scorched earth campaign against Romney, right?

In a desperate and pathetic attempt to win re-election on a pathetic record, Obama is clearly going to go after Romney the same way that Carter went after Reagan. How did that work out for Carter again?

All Romney needs is his own "there you go again" moment.

Obama has his base of roughly 40% of the electorate who will vote for him no matter what. About 10-13% of the electorate that Obama won over last time is just BEGGING for a reason to publicly state, "I can't vote for him again," and Obama going negative like George W. Bush in 2004 or Jimmy Carter in 1980 is going to seal the deal for those folks. They are DYING to get this guy out of office, but don't want to publicly state their displeasure until Obama says or does something unsavory like constant attacks on Mitt Romney.

[You kip if you want to...]

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

Haha...I love the French part...

...pretty good ad though, if only it were on TV

Yeah, that ad needs to be edited down to 30 seconds and put on TV in South Carolina ASAP.

LOL, I love the logic. He speaks Frenchs, so he can't be president.

[Politico]

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

Haha...I love the French part...

...pretty good ad though, if only it were on TV

Yeah, that ad needs to be edited down to 30 seconds and put on TV in South Carolina ASAP.

LOL, I love the logic. He speaks Frenchs, so he can't be president.

Yeah, I bet Romney is the only Republican running who realizes that Jefferson, along with a sizable amount of the rest of the Founding Fathers, was a huge admirer of many aspects of the French.

[mondale84]

Hahah, running a general election campaign against this guy is going to be fun.

Obama's 2012 re-election campaign slogan: "Hope? Nope."

You're confusing campaign slogans with the things idiot teabaggers write on their signs.

You do realize that Obama is effectively proving that the 2008 "hope" stuff was complete and utter nonsense in the eyes of the entire electorate if he engages in a 1980-style scorched earth campaign against Romney, right?

In a desperate and pathetic attempt to win re-election on a pathetic record, Obama is clearly going to go after Romney the same way that Carter went after Reagan. How did that work out for Carter again?

All Romney needs is his own "there you go again" moment.

Obama has his base of roughly 40% of the electorate who will vote for him no matter what. About 10-13% of the electorate that Obama won over last time is just BEGGING for a reason to publicly state, "I can't vote for him again," and Obama going negative like George W. Bush in 2004 or Jimmy Carter in 1980 is going to seal the deal for those folks. They are DYING to get this guy out of office, but don't want to publicly state their displeasure until Obama says or does something unsavory like constant attacks on Mitt Romney.

LOLZ...You are truly ridiculous. Barack Obama has 100x the record Willard Mitt Romney has...Willard Mitt Romney was a failure as governor and was a failure in each race he has run for, this one included. It really speaks to how pathetic the GOP currently is that they would consider Willard Mitt Romney a decent candidate.

[Politico]

Hahah, running a general election campaign against this guy is going to be fun.

Obama's 2012 re-election campaign slogan: "Hope? Nope."

You're confusing campaign slogans with the things idiot teabaggers write on their signs.

You do realize that Obama is effectively proving that the 2008 "hope" stuff was complete and utter nonsense in the eyes of the entire electorate if he engages in a 1980-style scorched earth campaign against Romney, right?

In a desperate and pathetic attempt to win re-election on a pathetic record, Obama is clearly going to go after Romney the same way that Carter went after Reagan. How did that work out for Carter again?

All Romney needs is his own "there you go again" moment.

Obama has his base of roughly 40% of the electorate who will vote for him no matter what. About 10-13% of the electorate that Obama won over last time is just BEGGING for a reason to publicly state, "I can't vote for him again," and Obama going negative like George W. Bush in 2004 or Jimmy Carter in 1980 is going to seal the deal for those folks. They are DYING to get this guy out of office, but don't want to publicly state their displeasure until Obama says or does something unsavory like constant attacks on Mitt Romney.

LOLZ...You are truly ridiculous. Barack Obama has 100x the record Willard Mitt Romney has...Willard Mitt Romney was a failure as governor and was a failure in each race he has run for, this one included. It really speaks to how pathetic the GOP currently is that they would consider Willard Mitt Romney a decent candidate.

Time will tell if I am right. I think you're going to be very displeased with the results on Tuesday, November 6.

[Meeker]

Hahah, running a general election campaign against this guy is going to be fun.

Obama's 2012 re-election campaign slogan: "Hope? Nope."

You're confusing campaign slogans with the things idiot teabaggers write on their signs.

You do realize that Obama is effectively proving that the 2008 "hope" stuff was complete and utter nonsense in the eyes of the entire electorate if he engages in a 1980-style scorched earth campaign against Romney, right?

In a desperate and pathetic attempt to win re-election on a pathetic record, Obama is clearly going to go after Romney the same way that Carter went after Reagan. How did that work out for Carter again?

All Romney needs is his own "there you go again" moment.

Obama has his base of roughly 40% of the electorate who will vote for him no matter what. About 10-13% of the electorate that Obama won over last time is just BEGGING for a reason to publicly state, "I can't vote for him again," and Obama going negative like George W. Bush in 2004 or Jimmy Carter in 1980 is going to seal the deal for those folks. They are DYING to get this guy out of office, but don't want to publicly state their displeasure until Obama says or does something unsavory like constant attacks on Mitt Romney.

The problem with your analogy is that people actually liked Ronald Reagan. No one likes Mitt Romney.

[You kip if you want to...]

Hahah, running a general election campaign against this guy is going to be fun.

Obama's 2012 re-election campaign slogan: "Hope? Nope."

You're confusing campaign slogans with the things idiot teabaggers write on their signs.

You do realize that Obama is effectively proving that the 2008 "hope" stuff was complete and utter nonsense in the eyes of the entire electorate if he engages in a 1980-style scorched earth campaign against Romney, right?

In a desperate and pathetic attempt to win re-election on a pathetic record, Obama is clearly going to go after Romney the same way that Carter went after Reagan. How did that work out for Carter again?

All Romney needs is his own "there you go again" moment.

Obama has his base of roughly 40% of the electorate who will vote for him no matter what. About 10-13% of the electorate that Obama won over last time is just BEGGING for a reason to publicly state, "I can't vote for him again," and Obama going negative like George W. Bush in 2004 or Jimmy Carter in 1980 is going to seal the deal for those folks. They are DYING to get this guy out of office, but don't want to publicly state their displeasure until Obama says or does something unsavory like constant attacks on Mitt Romney.

The problem with your analogy is that people actually liked Ronald Reagan. No one likes Mitt Romney.

^This.

Mitt Romney is the candidate of last resort, don't forget.

[You kip if you want to...]

Full 28 minute Bain Capital special up today...

http://www.kingofbain.com/

Very swiftboaty.

[Politico]

Hahah, running a general election campaign against this guy is going to be fun.

Obama's 2012 re-election campaign slogan: "Hope? Nope."

You're confusing campaign slogans with the things idiot teabaggers write on their signs.

You do realize that Obama is effectively proving that the 2008 "hope" stuff was complete and utter nonsense in the eyes of the entire electorate if he engages in a 1980-style scorched earth campaign against Romney, right?

In a desperate and pathetic attempt to win re-election on a pathetic record, Obama is clearly going to go after Romney the same way that Carter went after Reagan. How did that work out for Carter again?

All Romney needs is his own "there you go again" moment.

Obama has his base of roughly 40% of the electorate who will vote for him no matter what. About 10-13% of the electorate that Obama won over last time is just BEGGING for a reason to publicly state, "I can't vote for him again," and Obama going negative like George W. Bush in 2004 or Jimmy Carter in 1980 is going to seal the deal for those folks. They are DYING to get this guy out of office, but don't want to publicly state their displeasure until Obama says or does something unsavory like constant attacks on Mitt Romney.

The problem with your analogy is that people actually liked Ronald Reagan. No one likes Mitt Romney.

^This.

Mitt Romney is the candidate of last resort, don't forget.

Just like Reagan, Romney is never going to be liked by those on the left. However, evidence is starting to come in that the more and more people are exposed to Romney, the more they like him, at least for those on the right and in the center (i.e., Republicans and non-leftist independents). He's a good person who has been successful in the past. He's never going to be anybody's idea of a savior, but that's a problem when people think people can be saviors.

[You kip if you want to...]

Hahah, running a general election campaign against this guy is going to be fun.

Obama's 2012 re-election campaign slogan: "Hope? Nope."

You're confusing campaign slogans with the things idiot teabaggers write on their signs.

You do realize that Obama is effectively proving that the 2008 "hope" stuff was complete and utter nonsense in the eyes of the entire electorate if he engages in a 1980-style scorched earth campaign against Romney, right?

In a desperate and pathetic attempt to win re-election on a pathetic record, Obama is clearly going to go after Romney the same way that Carter went after Reagan. How did that work out for Carter again?

All Romney needs is his own "there you go again" moment.

Obama has his base of roughly 40% of the electorate who will vote for him no matter what. About 10-13% of the electorate that Obama won over last time is just BEGGING for a reason to publicly state, "I can't vote for him again," and Obama going negative like George W. Bush in 2004 or Jimmy Carter in 1980 is going to seal the deal for those folks. They are DYING to get this guy out of office, but don't want to publicly state their displeasure until Obama says or does something unsavory like constant attacks on Mitt Romney.

The problem with your analogy is that people actually liked Ronald Reagan. No one likes Mitt Romney.

^This.

Mitt Romney is the candidate of last resort, don't forget.

Just like Reagan, Romney is never going to be liked by those on the left. However, evidence is starting to come in that the more and more people are exposed to Romney, the more they like him, at least for those on the right and in the center (i.e., Republicans and non-leftist independents). He's a good person who has been successful in the past. He's never going to be anybody's idea of a savior, but that's a problem when people think people can be saviors.

Reagan wasn't the last resort candidate. He won his primaries by a landslide.

And please point me in the direction of this evidence that people are starting to like Romney when they hear him speak. Being a "good person" is subjective, as is success - 1994 wasn't a successful year for him and neither was 2008, for example.

[Politico]

Hahah, running a general election campaign against this guy is going to be fun.

Obama's 2012 re-election campaign slogan: "Hope? Nope."

You're confusing campaign slogans with the things idiot teabaggers write on their signs.

You do realize that Obama is effectively proving that the 2008 "hope" stuff was complete and utter nonsense in the eyes of the entire electorate if he engages in a 1980-style scorched earth campaign against Romney, right?

In a desperate and pathetic attempt to win re-election on a pathetic record, Obama is clearly going to go after Romney the same way that Carter went after Reagan. How did that work out for Carter again?

All Romney needs is his own "there you go again" moment.

Obama has his base of roughly 40% of the electorate who will vote for him no matter what. About 10-13% of the electorate that Obama won over last time is just BEGGING for a reason to publicly state, "I can't vote for him again," and Obama going negative like George W. Bush in 2004 or Jimmy Carter in 1980 is going to seal the deal for those folks. They are DYING to get this guy out of office, but don't want to publicly state their displeasure until Obama says or does something unsavory like constant attacks on Mitt Romney.

The problem with your analogy is that people actually liked Ronald Reagan. No one likes Mitt Romney.

^This.

Mitt Romney is the candidate of last resort, don't forget.

Just like Reagan, Romney is never going to be liked by those on the left. However, evidence is starting to come in that the more and more people are exposed to Romney, the more they like him, at least for those on the right and in the center (i.e., Republicans and non-leftist independents). He's a good person who has been successful in the past. He's never going to be anybody's idea of a savior, but that's a problem when people think people can be saviors.

Reagan wasn't the last resort candidate. He won his primaries by a landslide.

Actually, Reagan lost Iowa to Bush, and may not have won New Hampshire if not for his "I am paying for this microphone!" moment.

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Obviously I am speaking about success as an executive, not a campaigner. Just like Romney, Reagan also lost two races (1968 and 1976 presidential races) before winning the presidency. We already have a Campaigner-in-Chief in the White House, and it did not really work out. It's time for a competent executive to be CEO of the nation.

As for likeability, the results in Iowa and New Hampshire speak loudly, but here is the latest national CNN poll, which shows an increase in likeability: http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2012/01/13/cnn-poll-winning-helps-romney-on-likeability-issues/

And another hint: Romney did not win in Massachusetts as a Republican by not being liked by voters.

[Averroës Nix]

We already have a Campaigner-in-Chief in the White House, and it did not really work out. It's time for a competent executive to be CEO of the nation.

Huh?

What is a "CEO of the nation"?

And why is a supporter of a candidate who has spent the past five years trying to get elected deriding the President as a perennial campaigner?

[You kip if you want to...]

We already have a Campaigner-in-Chief in the White House, and it did not really work out. It's time for a competent executive to be CEO of the nation.

Huh?

What is a "CEO of the nation"?

And why is a supporter of a candidate who has spent the past five years trying to get elected deriding the President as a perennial campaigner?

And the meme goes that he would've been going for it since 1994 had be beaten Kennedy.

[Politico]

We already have a Campaigner-in-Chief in the White House, and it did not really work out. It's time for a competent executive to be CEO of the nation.

Huh?

What is a "CEO of the nation"?

POTUS is the head, or chief, of the executive branch of the federal government. In that sense, it is fair to say the president is "the CEO of the nation" and his Cabinet are his executives.

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Unlike Obama, Romney has not made his living at being a politician. Romney is, first and foremost, a family man and a businessman. Again, it is kind of like Reagan: Like Romney, Reagan made his fortune in the private sector long before running for political office.

[Lief 🗽]

There are basically no similarities between serving as CEO of a company and serving as the president of a country.

[Politico]

There are basically no similarities between serving as CEO of a company and serving as the president of a country.

No similarities? That type of thinking is why our debt load and deficit are so out of control, and the markets have no confidence in Washington whatsoever. We need people in office who know economics and business.

[Marston]

There are basically no similarities between serving as CEO of a company and serving as the president of a country.

This.

Don't let the U.S. make the same mistake with Romney that Michigan did with Snyder.

[You kip if you want to...]

www.youtube.com/watch?v=RUKOkvODM3M

[Torie]

Here and here are a couple of Romney ads where former colleagues of Newt (Talent and Molinari, respectively) trash him as a chaotic, undisciplined, new tack every day, loose cannon kind of Speaker. Which raises a question that has been in my mind. Are there any former colleagues of Newt in the House who are supporting him? Any at all?

[Oakvale]

Here and here are a couple of Romney ads where former colleagues of Newt trash him as chaotic, undisciplined, new tack every day loose cannon Speaker. Which raises a question that has been in my mind. Are there any former colleagues of Newt in the House who are supporting him. Any at all?

I think a couple of his Georgia colleagues might be, but I can't be certain. But yeah, Gingrich is obviously an erratic, reckless clown not fit to be President. Virtually all his "supporters", myself included, on here are just hoping he wins because he'd be an extraordinarily weak opponent to Obama.

And because we want a semi-interesting primary season.

[Yelnoc]

Here and here are a couple of Romney ads where former colleagues of Newt (Talent and Molinari, respectively) trash him as chaotic, undisciplined, new tack every day, loose cannon kind of Speaker. Which raises a question that has been in my mind. Are there any former colleagues of Newt in the House who are supporting him? Any at all?

Nathan Deal, who is now Governor of Georgia, still supports him last I heard.

[Lief 🗽]

AFSCME is spending a million in Florida, running this ad until the primary day: http://youtu.be/hkGrgxw7sSo

[Likely Voter]

AFSCME is spending a million in Florida, running this ad until the primary day: http://youtu.be/hkGrgxw7sSo

thats a good general election ad, but is Scott unpopular with Republicans?

[You kip if you want to...]

AFSCME is spending a million in Florida, running this ad until the primary day: http://youtu.be/hkGrgxw7sSo

I was wondering how long it'd take someone to tar Mitt with the same brush as the Gov.

[Politico]

How long before these ads start playing in Florida:

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

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hRdqGKA782A