Obama To Air Super Bowl Ads

ThisBarack Obama television ad will air in more than a dozen Super Tuesday states.

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Posted by Jacob | February 3, 2008 3:11 PM

Jacobm right you are.

Here's a link.

And that's a helluva ad. I guess he figures he's hit his ceiling with white women (at least to the extent he can within 3 days) and is going for running up the margin with white men.

Posted by Daniel Munz | February 3, 2008 3:14 PM

I'm not convinced this TV ad gets him further with the under 30 demo, but, since it's sort of rockin', short, and upbeat I agree this could hook-up with white men between 30 and 50.

Posted by Gregor | February 3, 2008 3:19 PM

I like the ad. It's got the right tone for Super Bowl Sunday.

Posted by Linda | February 3, 2008 4:43 PM

Pop quiz #1: Is Ambinder credulous, or does he think his readers are?

Pop quiz #2: Which consumer product is the marketing of Obama most like?

Marc Ambinder: if you'd like to do some real reporting for a change, ask Obama about the marches he took part in, or go to another McCain appearance and ask him about the big story you missed the last time. Or, does The Atlantic only want you posting fluff?

Posted by TLB | February 3, 2008 6:15 PM

The ad flashes promises in bold letters...."WE CAN SAVE THE PLANET"...."WE CAN CHANGE THE WORLD"

Not surprising coming from the most liberal member of the senate, but really depressing when you think about what a general election is going to look like if we nominate Obama. The Camelot and Oprah rallies may look formidable now. Later they, and other things like Obama's voting record, the Move On endorsement and so much more will be used to divorce him from his post-partisan rhetoric and make him look like the starry-eyed liberal advocating big government and higher taxes, with little to no experience in issues facing the country that he really is.

I don't want America to change the world. We've had enough of a president who has bitten off way more than he can chew. That is not the proper role for our government anyway. Let's focus on practical solutions for the real, concrete challenges that we face. Maybe when we're done with that we can focus on changing the world....Funny, I've been a democrat all my life and Obama pulls out the conservative in me like no serious contender for the democratic nomination ever has.

Posted by NJH | February 4, 2008 10:06 AM

I have to agree with those pouring cold water on this ad. I can't help but think that this ad really misses much of the non-black Democratic base voters (blue collar folks, working class whites, older women, the economically vulnerable, Social Security recipients, Latinos, etc.). It stresses foreign policy and the environment, with barely a passing mention to the economy.

I don't understand why the Obama team continues to be so obstinate about soft-peddling the economic issue. Voters vote their pocketbooks. It has been proven time and time again.

I'm sure he has very smart people running his campaign, but, thing is, he's already doing extremely well with the anti-war crowd, upper income liberals, and politically active college students. He needs to cut into Hillary's base. If the numbers reported by Marc are reasonably accurate, and Clinton indeed has a double digit lead in the twenty-two states voting on Tuesday, his campaign could effectively be over in thirty-six hours. Ironically, Obama's got some thoughtful plans on the economy, and a few talking points he could use to target downscale voters (like, we won't garnish your wages to pay for healthcare!). Why the heck does he continue to place 90%+ of his emphasis on process liberalism and eschew table top issues? It don't compute. Could Axlerod be on Hillary's payroll?

Posted by Jasper | February 4, 2008 10:51 AM