<p>we get to see and hear the political ads. I love the political ads.</p>
<p>I even like Huckabee’s. I haven’t seen any religious ones yet though. :)</p>
<p>I have been disappointed by the lack of negative ads. But there have hardly been ANY ads where I live. Our votes don’t count.</p>
<p>Our votes here in Oregon don’t count either, mini. Having our primary so late (in May) makes it essentially worthless in terms of determining who will represent the parties.</p>
<p>You’re missing out.</p>
<p>Huckabee’s ads are about the “fair” tax. I haven’t seen a cross in any ads.:)</p>
<p>I haven’t seen any negative ads so far.</p>
<p>I watched a Hillary ad while typing this. Another positive ad. An hispanic farmer talks for her and says we need somebody who represents the people and not special interests. </p>
<p>McCain has been running an ad with him and Reagan. He keeps saying he is conservatve throughout the ad.</p>
<p>Ours count even less in most cases, because almost all of the races are not competitive.</p>
<p>I saw an ad for Senator Clinton (three times in forty minutes) where Robert Kennedy Jr. was endorsing her; said she exemplified all HIS father’s ideals!!! Who needs Ted and Caroline?</p>
<p>Romney is running a negative ad. It’s an ad against Hillary. He says she has never run anything and he has.</p>
<p>I think somebody needs to tell him he needs to win the republican nomination first.</p>
<p>I’d like Hillary to explain in her ad how 8 years as a senator gives her 35 years of experience (as she states in her ad).</p>
<p>I don’t like any of the ads. I especially don’t like any ads that talk about the ‘other’ candidate (all negative). If we didn’t have any of the ads there’d be a lot more people with the potential to become candidates since access to a great deal of money would be less of a factor.</p>
<p>I think we learn far more from the negative ads than we ever do from the candidates themselves. And if you assume that the worst that could be true about a candidate is what you “learn” from his/her chief rival, chances are you’ll know what to expect.</p>
<p>I like Caroline Kennedy’s ad for Obama very much.</p>
<p>We get a lot of Obama pollsters and campaign people calling us on the phone. They seem to be out in force here in CA. We’ve gotten mailers from both Clinton and Obama, but so far only Obama people call on the phone.</p>
<p>coureur, are you registered as Independent or “decline to state” by any chance?</p>
<p>I saw Obama’s ad the other day. My dad said that Hillary’s ads are on too. But I have yet to see them. I can’t technically VOTE in the primaries due to age BUT I managed to convince my parents why they should be voting for Barack!</p>
<p>Since I too live in OR, I get to change my voter registration multiple times before our primary. I also get a kick in rooting for multiple candidates, (gotta make their efforts worthwhile) . </p>
<p>Keeping all of the players on the field will trememdously help our “faltering” economy. Some of the Republicans last week questioned the value of the $140Bil Rebate and how this rebate will be spent on imported things as oil from Iran and electronics made in China. I say rather than a tax rebate, we give this money for political campaigning, thus keeping all of the political dollars used for transportation, the multimedia advertising, rallies, smokers, and undertable promises, in the United States. Perfect remedy in keeping liberal arts majors employed, college and HS students passionately involved in political volunteerism, and me in free verse.</p>
<p>^^I read today that Guiliani spent $49 million in his campaign with the end result being… one delegate. So maybe you are on to something, thisoldman. Obama raised $32 million in January, all of which will go into our economy.</p>
<p>For those of us who have already voted, maybe we can vote for our favorite ads like they do with the Super Bowl ads. </p>
<p>I doubt that anyone can beat the Budweiser frogs. :D</p>
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<p>Nope.</p>