Candidates Use Animals in Campaign Ads
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It's "Animal Planet" in the presidential advertising wars. In heavily symbolic television spots, President Bush's campaign uses prowling wolves to suggest that the country under Sen. John Kerry would be vulnerable to terrorists. The Democratic Party claims the Republican incumbent is a head-in-the-sand ostrich while his opponent is as strong as an eagle.
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It might seem unusual for a black candidate to model a campaign message on one of the most controversial, racially charged ads in the history of television campaign advertising Ã¢ÂÂ a spot that spurred outrage among the mostly liberal community of African-American activists.
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(CBS/AP) With the presidential race in a statistical dead heat, both campaigns are letting loose tough attack ads. The Kerry campaign wasted no time running with a New York Times story questioning how the administration made its case for war in Iraq.
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LISBON, Portugal - Someone's not taking the general election campaign seriously. Some of the large campaign billboards mounted along Lisbon's main avenues have a colorful new addition: big red stickers on the noses of the pictured party leaders, giving them a strong resemblance to clowns.
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The presidential campaign is getting a little Daffy. The blustery Daffy Duck brashly tosses his bill into the ring as part of a new four-minute educational cartoon. He sets his sights on the White House with hopes of avenging slights from Bugs Bunny by declaring year-round rabbit hunting season.
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A new political party campaigning for animal rights across the UK is to be launched.
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A close U.S. presidential race is providing a selective boon in political advertising for media companies, as candidates hone their strategies by state and even city, media buyers and analysts said on Wednesday.
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Imagine: You turn on the TV and see a campaign ad. Your neighbor down the hall, watching the same channel at the same moment, sees a different ad selected for her in part because she's Hispanic, single, owns a dog and drinks Bud Light.
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Whether it's Bill or Hillary, the Clinton name is hot copy in political advertising these days.
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Mike Huckabee's cash-strapped presidential campaign has scraped together enough money to run a new TV ad Â in limited fashion.
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Details of a new television ad from Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry, to begin airing Friday:
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Two old sayings are colliding in the presidential campaign, and there's some truth to both of them. Politics is dirty. Midwesterners are nice.
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Sen. John Kerry is portrayed as a sweater-wearing poodle with a pink bow in an upcoming advertising campaign by the National Rifle Association, mocking his attempts to portray himself as friendly to gun sports and saying, "That dog don't hunt."
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Clinton campaign has to deploy 'big dog' Bill with care as the Democratic contest continues
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Presidential campaigns are about more than just speeches, rallies and the horse race.
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While there has been more Internet advertising activity in this year's presidential race than in the past, the money spent on Web ads still pales in comparison to that allocated for TV commercials, the first-ever study of online political ads found.    The study, released Monday by the Pew Internet & American Life Project, said President Bush, Democrat John Kerry, their political parties and allied independent groups spent $2.6 million to post banner ads on Web sites from January through August...
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With the presidential election four months away, candidates are working to seduce alienated and disadvantaged ethnic populations.