Campaigh ad watch 2006

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Some of us enjoy the media component of election campaigns, so I figured we could dedicate an entire thread to TV & Radio ads and direct mail.

Plus, this will cut down on the amount of individual ad threads.

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Positive Ads from Maryland

Martin O'Malley

BELIEVE (plays in the upper right)
Record

Bob Ehrlich

Leader
Changing Maryland For the Better

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And now the negative ads in Maryland

O'Malley
BGE Big Bills
Governor Ehrlich's Record

Bob Ehrlich

Succeed

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I saw some for the Connecticut Democratic primary for governor that were interesting.

An ad for DeStefano (the winner) said that Malloy's health care plan was bad because he depended on funding from "Bush."

I have real pet peeve with ads that are designed to appeal to stupid people, as this one was.  What is funding from "Bush?"  Is the president going to write out a personal check to pay for the health care plan?  Funding from "Bush" is in actuality federal funding, which Democrats generally regard as a great positive since they don't think anybody has to pay for it.

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Latest out of MD

Martin O'Malley
Toughest Challenges
Believe

Bob Ehrlich
Another Difference

Ehrlich's ads have pretty much sucked, except for his first ad.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

Here's a good anti-Pawlenty one on the DFL front page: http://www.dfl.org/

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I haven't seen any Pawlenty ads yet, but all of Hatch's have been pretty damn good:

http://www.hatch2006.org/videogallery/ad.html
http://www.hatch2006.org/videogallery/ad1.html
http://www.hatch2006.org/videogallery/ad2.html

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http://www.charliecrist.com/

Click on "The Peoples Governor".

Pretty damn good ad if I say so myself.

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http://www.charliecrist.com/

Click on "The Peoples Governor".

Pretty damn good ad if I say so myself.

Pretty standard if you ask me, but good nonetheless. Maybe there are some FL hot button issues in there that I am not aware of.

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http://www.charliecrist.com/

Click on "The Peoples Governor".

Pretty damn good ad if I say so myself.

Pretty standard if you ask me, but good nonetheless. Maybe there are some FL hot button issues in there that I am not aware of.

Property Taxes and insurance costs are the two issues that mean anything here right now. Davis wants to maintain or possibly raise property taxes and he has offered no plan to stop skyrocketing insurance costs. Crist HAS kept property taxes low and helped to fight off hikes while he has been a strong critic and helped shoot down insurance companies when they ask for hikes in rates. That's why he talks about "unifying" voters from all over the spectrum.

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Two good ones from Ehrlich

Crime
More Time

Guess these are the ones States was waiting for.  I could sit here and debate the accuracy of the ads, but we would just be running in circles.

This is just my opinion, but if Ehrlich doesnt pull within the MOE after this barrage of attacks, Im moving this one to lean-Dem with the intent of calling it for O'Malley.

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Two good ones from Ehrlich

Crime
More Time

Guess these are the ones States was waiting for.  I could sit here and debate the accuracy of the ads, but we would just be running in circles.

This is just my opinion, but if Ehrlich doesnt pull within the MOE after this barrage of attacks, Im moving this one to lean-Dem with the intent of calling it for O'Malley.

I take it your current map isn't a serious one?

I've always thought O' Malley has a clear edge. He's beat Ehrlich in almost every poll, the best he's done since January is tie (at 41% from a hardcore GOP polling firm)

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Two good ones from Ehrlich

Crime
More Time

Guess these are the ones States was waiting for.  I could sit here and debate the accuracy of the ads, but we would just be running in circles.

This is just my opinion, but if Ehrlich doesnt pull within the MOE after this barrage of attacks, Im moving this one to lean-Dem with the intent of calling it for O'Malley.

I take it your current map isn't a serious one?

I've always thought O' Malley has a clear edge. He's beat Ehrlich in almost every poll, the best he's done since January is tie (at 41% from a hardcore GOP polling firm)

I never created that map.  It just popped up one day.

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527's have made their way to MD

Their ads are short (15 seconds), but they hit hard.  They have another ad focusing on the BGE rate increase, but its not listed on their site.

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Perfect response by O'Malley (video is on the right).

Two good ones from Ehrlich

[url=http://www.bobehrlich.com/multimedia/details.aspx?ID=24]Crime[/url]
[url=http://www.bobehrlich.com/multimedia/details.aspx?ID=25]More Time[/url]

Guess these are the ones States was waiting for.  I could sit here and debate the accuracy of the ads, but we would just be running in circles.

This is just my opinion, but if Ehrlich doesnt pull within the MOE after this barrage of attacks, Im moving this one to lean-Dem with the intent of calling it for O'Malley.