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» Candidate/Organization: Ben Cardin
» Other Candidates Mentioned: Ben Cardin, George W. Bush, Michael Steele
» Year: 2006
» State: Maryland
» Race: Senate, District N/A (About This Race)
» Party: Democratic
» Funded by: Candidate
» Disseminations: TV

Ad Content

» Cues: Candidate Present
» Issues: Stem Cell Research
» Tone: Negative
» Types: Endorsement, Personal, Record
» Narrator: Male
» Language: English

Analysis

By The Washington Post: Appearing grimly unsteady from his long bout with Parkinson's disease, actor Michael J. Fox is inserting his halting voice into the campaign for the U.S. Senate in a new television commercial about the importance of stem cell research. The ad, endorsing Democrat Benjamin L. Cardin in his race against Republican Michael S. Steele, bears witness to the actor's unmistakable decline and harnesses that physical degeneration into a political message. More...