About This Ad

» Candidate/Organization: Norm Coleman
» Other Candidates Mentioned: Norm Coleman
» Year: 2008
» State: Minnesota
» Race: Senate
» Party: Republican
» Funded by: Candidate
» Disseminations: TV

Ad Content

» Cues: A Common Man/Woman, Color, On-screen Writing, Supporters
» Issues: Constituent Services, Education, Energy, Ethics
» Tone: Positive
» Types: Biographical, Humorous, Record
» Characters: "Real People"
» Narrator: No
» Language: English

Analysis

By The Fix: In a political environment as treacherous as this one for Republicans, there's still one tried and true strategy to court voters: pork. As we have written before, Republican incumbents have already surmised that their best strategy to win -- given President Bush's unpopularity, the tarnishing of the Republican brand and the huge number of people who believe the country is heading in the wrong direction -- is to remind voters of what they have delivered during their tenure in office. Sen. Norm Coleman (R-Minn.) is the latest incumbent on the transactional bandwagon with a new ad in his race against entertainer Al Franken and, possibly, former governor Jesse Ventura (I). More...