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Democrats and Republicans are on track to spend about $1 billion each on TV advertising in the presidential race â most of it negative and almost all in battleground states. There’s little evidence the ads sway voters, but the campaigns are happy to settle for low odds, given the lingering memories of the close 2000 election.» E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us
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Karl Rove’s tax-exempt Crossroads GPS group said it was interested only in advancing issues, not engaging in electoral politics. But now it’s running a minute-long ad telling viewers to vote for Mitt Romney â with no mention of those very issues it had been saying were central to its mission.» E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us
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Tax-Exempt Crossroads GPS Airs First Direct ‘Vote Mitt Romney’ Ad
In sharp contrast to his 2008 campaign, President Obama hasn’t mentioned climate change on the campaign trail this time around, instead choosing to focus on the economic side of clean energy rather than the climate change side.» E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us
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Republicans retain hopes for a Senate takeover, but comments about rape and abortion by candidates in Missouri and Indiana aren’t helping. The GOP needs to gain four seats to control the Senate if President Obama wins; three seats if Republican Mitt Romney emerges the presidential victor on Nov. 6.» E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us
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Rape Comments Complicate But Don’t End GOP Senate Takeover Chances
Since June, more than 915,000 presidential ads alone have aired on broadcast and cable TV. So what’s it like to watch the local news in Colorado, Florida, Iowa, New Hampshire, Ohio and Virginia?» E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us
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Ad Watch Rematch: 6 Swing States, 1 Half-Hour, 87 Political Ads
Why do some leaders make little difference to organizations and countries while others turn out to be indispensable? Research suggests that what’s key isn’t personality or even the historical moment, but the organizational structure that produces the leader.» E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us
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