by Jim Heath | Oct 10, 2018 | 2018, Ads, Analysis, Headlines
Watching television or listening to the radio in Ohio come October of every election year is like a non-stop smorgasbord of campaign ads. As I wrote in my book Front Row Seat at the Circus: Two things are a certainty during the fall of every presidential election year...
by Jim Heath | Oct 10, 2018 | 2018, Ads, Congress, Headlines
There’s aren’t many people who have advocated for Texas as artfully as Richard Linklater. From Dazed and Confused to Boyhood to Everybody Wants Some!!, his films have portrayed life in the state with the delicate touch of someone who truly understands it. Despite his...
by Jim Heath | Sep 6, 2018 | Ads, Headlines, NFL, Nike
Are you ready for some football? And are you ready for some more controversy? A two-minute Nike ad narrated by former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick will air tonight during the football league’s season opener Part of the company’s 30th anniversary “Just Do It”...
by Jim Heath | Aug 17, 2018 | Ads, Headlines, Republicans
The House Leadership PAC, which is backing Democratic candidates in an effort to take control of the House, dropped a brutal ad on the House GOP leadership today. – SCRIPT (from POLITICO): “They’ve shut down the government” [Video of Newt Gingrich flashes]...
by Jim Heath | Oct 26, 2016 | Ads, Battlegrounds, Headlines
The voice of God has spoken. Actor Morgan Freeman, who has portrayed God twice in the movies, has voiced Hillary Clinton’s “closing argument” ad which underscores her campaign message that children are looking to the next president as a role model,...
by Jim Heath | Oct 21, 2016 | Ads, Battlegrounds, Headlines
Each election cycle there are the memorable political ads that are discussed by pundits and politicos for years. Think “Morning Again in America,” or “Willie Horton,” or “3 AM” or “Daisy Girl.” For 2016, the most...
