Two new national ad buys are out by the RNC and Crossroads GPS aimed at hitting Big Barry O on his bone headed economic policies. The RNC buy is scheduled for four weeks on national cable channels. Politico's David Catanese reports that Crossroads is putting a hefty $7 million into its ad buy, which it is combining with some US Senate seat specific ad buys into states that will be highly contested in 2012.
The RNC ad focuses on the wrong direction Obama's tax and spend policies have set this country in, using a car going off the road as an analogy. As the Daily Caller notes, it's one of the first major ad buys to hit Obama on taxes specifically, mentioning the "$500 billion in higher taxes" under his watch.
The Crossroads ad is a brilliant spin-off of Hillary Clinton's 3 AM ad. It uses 3 AM as the time a mother wakes up in the middle of the night worrying about the economy and how what Obama has done has only made things worse. It's not your typical political ad and the narrator expresses common fears and concerns echoed throughout the country, making it potentially one of the most powerful ads of the cycle so far.
The Crossroads ad hits Colorado airwaves today. Coming on the heels of the news that unemployment has risen to 9.2% it is likely to knock Obama down a peg or two in the Centennial State.
I’m not as impressed as the rest of you are. I think the GOP ad is just too fast-moving and distracting, not to mention over-dramatic. The Crossroads ad is better, but not really convincing. When she talks about cutting Medicare, all I can think about is Paul Ryan’s Mediscare. I’m not convinced Obama’s actually the one who made it worse.
The Super PACs from both sides seem more interested in scaring the voters and maligning the other side than offering solutions. It’s going to be a long election cycle…
Ads are always dramatic. Surely you’ll admit the imagery in the RNC ad is powerful, though, am I right?
here in Colorado. He has no record to stand on, and no liberal PACs can run any ads to effectively counter this.
Here it comes. These last two and a half years have been a gold mine for GOP ad makers.
I LOVE THE AMERICAN CROSSROADS AD!!!!!!!!!!
Wow, it’s about time somebody started telling the TRUTH about what the (educated) younger people in America really think and worry about! I’m tired of hearing about grandma, lets start worrying about junior instead!