8 campaign ads that spoof pop culture
Posted on October 28, 2010, at 3:24 PMPoliticians looking for a viral-video success are producing ads that riff on everything from "Glee" to the Old Spice Guy
Are Democratic attack ads getting too personal?
Posted on October 21, 2010, at 12:03 PMDemocrats' campaign commercials are getting unusually nasty, says Howard Kurtz in The Daily Beast — but is the strategy just making the party look desperate?
Obama: 'Secret' GOP cash a poor target?
Posted on October 18, 2010, at 9:48 AMBeltway pundits weigh in on the wisdom of the Obama White House focusing its pre-midterms fire on the flood of anonymous GOP donations
Is outside money upending the midterms?
Posted on October 15, 2010, at 7:30 AMA flood of cash is washing over the 2010 election from partisan groups partly funded by anonymous donors. Is this a threat to democracy?
Does Obama have an 'enemies list'?
Posted on October 11, 2010, at 10:32 AMKarl Rove says he does, amid a larger fight over anonymous campaign donations. Pundits choose their sides
The Republicans' 'hicky' ad flap
Posted on October 8, 2010, at 10:34 AMThe GOP pulled an ad attacking West Virginia senatorial candidate Joe Manchin when its blue-collar types turned out to be actors cast to look like rubes
Sean Duffy's 'light-hearted' logrolling ad
Posted on October 4, 2010, at 8:00 AMThe Republican congressional candidate — a former reality-TV star and lumberjack champion — puts an unusual skill to use in a campaign commercial
Alan Grayson's 'Taliban Dan' ad
Posted on September 28, 2010, at 12:42 PMRep. Alan Grayson, a Florida Democrat, blasts his GOP opponent as a "religious fanatic" who holds Taliban-esque view of women. Is it a charge too far?
The Dems' aggressive new attack ads
Posted on September 27, 2010, at 7:05 PMDemocrats around the country are going for the jugular in spots that question their opponents' personal integrity, reports The NY Times. Here's a video gallery
Ad wars: Should Democrats paint the GOP as Tea Partiers?
Posted on September 21, 2010, at 10:10 AMThe White House strongly denies a plan to cast the GOP as beholden to Tea Party "extremists," but not everybody thinks it would be such a bad idea
The latest Tweets about 'Campaign ads'
Posted on August 24, 2010, at 10:18 AMUnfiltered, real-time commentary from the world at large
Basil Marceaux's 'eccentric' campaign video
Posted on August 2, 2010, at 1:33 PMA Tennessee gubernatorial candidate's obviously unscripted campaign ad is the latest viral hit of the 2010 elections
Oklahoma daughter's message: Don't vote for Dad
Posted on July 29, 2010, at 10:30 AMOne person is determined to do everything she can to stop Oklahoma judicial candidate John Mantooth from winning his election — his daughter, Jan
Bill Cooper's modern riff on LBJ's 'Daisy' ad
Posted on July 22, 2010, at 4:30 PMA conservative Michigan candidate remakes a controversial 1964 ad — subbing in gloomy economic forecasts for the threat of nuclear war
The 6 most vicious political attack ads of 2010 (so far)
Posted on May 19, 2010, at 4:10 PMPorn peddler? Organ harvester? Conspiracy theorist? The mud slinging has already begun in this year's election
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