Wednesday, August 20, 2008

Keep Hope Alive?

Right on cue, the New Your Times reports "Obama’s Ads in Key States Go on Attack".

Let's hope this one's for real. I thought this section at the end was interesting:

Mr. Obama’s approach to the confrontational advertising is decidedly different from that of Mr. McCain. When Mr. McCain released his spot linking the popularity of Mr. Obama to the celebrity of Paris Hilton and Britney Spears last month, Mr. McCain’s aides held a conference call with reporters.

In several cases Mr. Obama’s campaign has either not announced its new spots or done so only after they were noticed by news organizations.

I wonder about the merits of this strategy. After all, McCain seems to get a lot of free air time for his ads as they get played ad nauseum while the talking heads "report" on them.

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