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Obama, the half-hour version
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Posted by Foon Rhee, deputy national political editor
October 9, 2008 06:01 PM
To close the deal with voters, Barack Obama plans a 30-minute primetime appearance six days before Election Day.
The Associated Press and the Live Feed, a website covering the TV industry, are reporting that Obama has bought the time on at least CBS on Oct. 29. Live Feed said the extra-long commercial will also air on NBC; the AP quotes an Obama spokesman that the campaign is still negotiating with other networks.
Obama has already aired ads longer than the typical 30 seconds, including a biographical one this week, and has longer-form videos on the web. But it would be the longest campaign ad since Ross Perot bought 30 minutes before the 1992 election.
Obama has been outspending Republican rival John McCain on television.
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I DON'T THINK IT WIL MAKE A DIFFERENCE, SINCE JOHN MCCAIN IS THE BETTER CANDIDATE, BUT OBAMA DOESNT' LOSE ANYTHING IN TRYING SO DESPERATELY WIN THIS ELECTION - GOOD LUCK TO HIM.
Nobama 08
Awesome and innovative! Side by side with the age of computers, this is another tool in the art of campaigning in the 21st century, Obama's Campaign strategist are brilliant in the use of avaiable media and technology. The Republicans are due for an Upgrade.
i think you are the change our country needs thankyou for giving our faith in this countrry back i know you are great the best in 44 years i campaned for Kenedy thank you god bless
I'm really pleased to see that Obama has the savvy and the money to put this together. My hope is that the people who are basically TV-watchers will view the show and see the light––and, of course, then vote for Obama. Good luck to you Mr. Obama.
Phenomenal way to reach out to the undecided voters who may not yet have had the opportunity to learn where Obama stands on key issues. I would invite John McCain to do the same to give the country something to compare it to but I doubt he has the means to make that happen. Too bad - I'd like to TiVo it to show my grandkids one day so they know how perilously close our country came to falling like the Roman Empire under the helm of "maverick" leadership. 1.20.09, kids. Let's bring the good times back, Democrat style (love you Bill!!! I'd get under a desk for you, baby!!)
ACH clearly hasn't seen a poll or electoral map in... over a month. Delusional!
I don't think it makes any difference for another reason. Obama will have the election wrapped up by then with 350+ electoral votes. It will be his first presidential address. ACH looks as angry as McCain.
ACH - You better tune in, you might see the REAL John McCain, you know the guy with the unaddressed anger management problem.
Do people still watch the TV nowadays?... I mean for regular shows? Yes, let's bring Chicago politics to the U.S. , down w/the education, up w/the crime, up w/the tax, up w/panhandlers at every corner, up w/corrupt political officials. Heck, we have enough corruption as it is, why not bring in more of those corrupt democrats from Chicago. He should bring ALL of them up to Washington.
We can absolutely afford for all the people who work hard, to work even harder to feed those who refuse to help themselves. I wonder if we look at high Democrat land, does it include high crime? and a bunch of lazy people? Michigan is absolutely true... messed up Dem Gov and Dem Mayor in Detroit.
Obama supporters ought to know that he supports the system that prevents parents from choosing the education that best meets the needs of the individual child. Parental choice in education is a civil right, which John McCain supports. The denial of this right is the greatest government sanctioned denial of civil rights in today's America. If you believe that parents should have better educational choices for their children you should not be voting for Obama.
I can barely sit through a 30 sec campaign commercial let alone a full half hour. This seems like a waste of time, money, and prime-time. No one will sit through it who is not already in the tank for Obama. No one who is forced to sit through it because they don't have cable will be swayed.