Analysis and News Ad-ing It All Up by Will Evans November 17, 2008 • The game is over. Some won, some lost, and a lot of people laid down their money.
Taxes and Spending Fat Lady Hasn't Sung In Georgia by Will Evans November 7, 2008 • And you thought you were done with political ads on TV. Well, not if you're in Georgia.
Committee for Truth in Politics What They Don't Want You To Know by Will Evans November 7, 2008 • Now that it's over, we can look back and ponder which independent groups might have had an impact on the election, which attack ads left a mark, and who might have blown millions of dollars.
Economy Senate Ads: The Last Roundup by Will Evans November 4, 2008 • Remember the United States Senate? Thirty-five seats up for election? Republicans in danger of losing a half-dozen or more?
Born Alive Truth And They Keep Coming by Will Evans November 4, 2008 • Independent groups are vying to get in the last word before the election's over, so we'll try too. Here's a litte potpourri of last-minute efforts...
Republican Jewish Coalition The Union Of Politics And Telemarketing -- What's Not To Like? by Will Evans November 4, 2008 • Robocalls -- those recorded, automatically dailed phone messages -- have been lighting up phones everywhere the past few days. Nobody seems to like getting them. Some are innocuous -- the standard fare of campaigns and candidates. But then there a...
Pro-Obama Ads Advancing Wisconsin With National Money by Will Evans November 3, 2008 • With all the new groups that we've seen shoveling money into high-profile TV and radio ads, it's easy to overlook the outfits working to influence the election while staying below the radar.
Nevada Blue Ads In Red Territory by Will Evans November 3, 2008 • Eugene Hedlund acknowledges that when Hollywood and New York filmmakers prepare political ads to target Middle America, they can spark a "backlash." So the self-described former Republican voter's political action committee, TruthandHope.org, team...
Let Freedom Ring Big Bucks Let Freedom Ring by Will Evans November 3, 2008 • We know that Let Freedom Ring is one of the most active anti-Obama organizations this election. It's spending millions of dollars on a seemingly infinite supply of ne
North Dakota "The Culture Of Death" And Other Last-Minute Volleys by Will Evans November 3, 2008 • With the campaign din becoming ever more shrill in these last hours, opponents of Barack Obama are hoping an anti-abortion message can cut through to sympathetic voters.
Republican Majority Campaign Attack Of The Attack Ads by Will Evans November 1, 2008 • We thought some of the attack ads in September and October set new standards for tearing down a candidate.
Bring Ohio Back Liberal Nutritionists Against McCain by Will Evans November 1, 2008 • Not so long ago in this endless campaign, the liberal 527 group Bring Ohio Back was producing ads aimed at making voters chuckle their way to Obama's camp.
RightMarch.com Catholics Can't Vote For Obama? by Will Evans October 31, 2008 • Now, in a last-ditch attempt to derail Latino support for Obama, an anti-abortion crusader and anti-illegal immigration activist have teamed up to bl...
Arizona Ads Hit McCain In Home State, Obama In Florida by Will Evans October 31, 2008 • Arizona is McCain territory -- he's made his home there since 1982 -- and losing it to Barack Obama would sting. So it's no wonder MoveOn.org wants to make that happen. With Obama's campaign gearing up in the state, the
Nevada RightChange Gets Money From Controversial Businessman by Will Evans October 31, 2008 • RightChange.com's blitz of anti-Obama ads has been bankrolled mainly with more than $5 million from pharmaceutical executive Fred Eshelman. But this month the 527 organ
First Amendment Alliance Swift Boat Donor Defends Mitch McConnell by Will Evans October 31, 2008 • Swift Boat Veterans founding donor Bob Perry is funding a new 527 organization, but this one is a lot less expensive.
National Republican Trust GOP Trust PAC Gets On The Air by Will Evans October 30, 2008 • The National Republican Trust PAC is finally putting some advertising muscle behind all its claims about being able to beat Obama. The group yesterday laid
SEIU Union Power -- More Than Meets The Eye by Will Evans October 30, 2008 • Organized labor is in the mail, on the airwaves and on the streets for Obama and other Democratic candidates. And there's even more union activity underneath the surface. Besides their own ads and massive get-out-the-vote campaigns, which we detai...
Florida Reagan Endorses Obama! Or Not by Will Evans October 30, 2008 • Okay, so Ronald Reagan isn't around to actually endorse anyone. But that won't stop political operatives from invoking his presidency to boost their candidate. A new, liberal Colorado-based group called Progressive Future is bringing back the Gipp...
OurGreatestFear.org McCain-Palin: The Nightmare Before Christmas? by Will Evans October 30, 2008 • At some moment in the last month, Danny Elfman had an idea. It wasn't another creepy soundtrack to another Tim Burton film. It wasn't a reunion tour with his old band Oingo Boingo. It was, r
Let Freedom Ring Uppercase Or Lowercase -- Big Difference by Will Evans October 29, 2008 • Let Freedom Ring is putting a lot of money behind its current kitchen-sink blast of anti-Obam
North Carolina Parting Shots From The Left by Will Evans October 29, 2008 • It's the final push, folks, and they're pushing hard. Here's a wave of liberal ads hoping to unseat Senate Republicans -- and a video representation of Republican fear.