Holy Crap....Obama spent some serious bucks for a Halftime ad (on Edit...Local inserts)

[Perky]

"we can end this war"

[brooklynite]

1. Do you mean during the Super Bowl?

Fox said no political ads were sold.

Could it be a local insert?

[Perky]

7. Mightt be.

[Barack_America]

8. Yep. He bought locally in just about every Super Tuesday state...

If not every Super Tuesday state.

Fox just said that they wouldn't allow a NATIONAL buy during the SuperBowl.

[my3boyz]

13. I live in VIrginia and we had the ad

At the end the date for our primary (along with times) was listed.

[Lone_Star_Dem]

10. Yep. They did regionalized advertising for a fraction of the cost of national ads.

Obama, neck and neck with Hillary Rodham Clinton heading into Tuesday's nominating contests, is airing ads during the Super Bowl in television markets serving 24 states that are in play on Super Tuesday and beyond.

The 30-second ad is a summary of Obama's political message, played against images of crowds of supporters, despair in Iraq and Hurricane Katrina's destruction.

"We want an end to this war and we want diplomacy and peace,' Obama says in a voice over from a speech in Austin, Texas. "Not only can we save the environment, we can create jobs and opportunity. We're tired of fear; we're tired of division. We want something new. We want to turn the page. The world as it is is not the world as it has to be."

With the Super Bowl being played two days before Super Tuesday, speculation had been growing about which campaign, if any, would take the plunge and make a pitch to such a huge television audience. More than 90 million viewers are expected to watch the New England Patriots take on the New York Giants.

No campaign bought a national ad with Fox Sports, which is televising the game. Doing so would have put a political ad in direct competition with slick Madison Avenue productions. Obama aides said the rationalized purchase of ads was far less expensive than the nearly $3 million a national ad on Fox Sports would have cost.

http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5gadWtkqVjdCwOwyWD7-p-p041noQD8UJ52MG1

[hedgehog]

2. You mean I sat through half of a stupid football game and walked away just

in time to miss Obama's ad!






Arg!

[Cha]

12. THis is it, hedge!

TeamJordan23 (1000+ posts) Sun Feb-03-08 04:01 PM
Original message
Obama's Super Bowl Day ad to target younger voters airs today
Note this ad will not be played during the Super Bowl, just before and after

From Politico:

Obama airs upbeat spot to reach younger voters during the Super Bowl in Super states

The campaign says they're airing this upbeat spot which has been used to reach younger voters around the country, during the Super Bowl in the Super Tuesday states, plus the Potomac states. The full list: Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Georgia, Kansas, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Utah, Virginia and Washington.

LINK TO AD: http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid353515028...

Can also be viewed at: http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith /

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x4370471

[shaniqua6392]

3. I did not see it here.

I guess it was just shown in a few key locations.

[Perky]

4. 15 second spot right after Tom Petty

[ursi]

11. didn't show in Nevada ...I guess we already had our day!

[BlueJazz]

5. Yep and my 2 Guitar playing friends said they would rather go to the bathroom ....

...and J**K-O** than listen to a pack of no-talent southern Hicks.
:rofl:

[JackBeck]

6. Must be a local thing.

No Obama ad was shown here.

[Perky]

9. DC Market had it...Who else?