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Talking Points Memo
McCain Campaign Quietly Starts Buying Ad Time On The National Networks
Submitted by Benton Foundation on September 9, 2008 - 8:50pmLast updated: September 9, 2008 - 8:51pm
In an unusual move, the McCain campaign has quietly started buying ad time on the national networks, a strategy that for the most part hasn't really been pursued on a large scale in presidential campaigns for at least two decades.
What About the Curve?
Submitted by Benton Foundation on August 5, 2008 - 7:28pmLast updated: August 5, 2008 - 7:30pm
Out of general fondness, the Washington press corps (which is not just a phrase but a definable community of people) has for almost a decade graded John McCain on a curve, especially in the last eighteen months when he's slipped perceptibly. Now, in response to the bludgeoning and campaign of falsehoods his campaign has unleashed over the last ten days, a number of his longtime admirers in the punditocracy have written articles either claiming that they'd misjudged the man or lamenting his betrayal of his better self.
CBS Sidesteps Questions About Editing Of McCain Interview
Submitted by Benton Foundation on July 23, 2008 - 8:25pmLast updated: July 24, 2008 - 4:55pm
CBS is under attack because the network mysteriously edited out of an interview with John McCain a passage where McCain flubbed the timeline of the Anbar Awakening and the surge, a serious foreign policy gaffe at a sensitive moment for the Arizona Senator.
McCain Adviser: We're Outspending Obama Three-To-One On TV Ads
Submitted by Benton Foundation on July 10, 2008 - 8:33pmOn A McCain conference call about the combined $94 million he and the republican National Committee have in cash on hand, campaign manager Rick Davis claimed that they were outspending the Obama campaign by a large margin.
When Is An Ad Starring A Candidate Not About The Candidate?
Submitted by Benton Foundation on July 10, 2008 - 8:14pmA new series of ads by the Oregon Democrats raises an interesting question: Is the state party trying to evade campaign finance rules by running so-called "issue ads" -- which ostensibly aren't supposed to be about the candidates -- that just so happen to star their nominee for Senate?
