Yar-El Posted October 23, 2008 Share Posted October 23, 2008 Article - The Obama Show The Obama campaign is spending millions of dollars on 30 minutes of prime time next week in what amounts to a big gamble for a presidential candidate with a decent lead in the polls so close to Election Day. The Obama show, airing on the major broadcast networks (NBC, CBS and Fox are confirmed; ABC is still in talks) and three cable news networks, will be the last big set piece of the extraordinary 2008 presidential campaign. One senior source close to the campaign puts the price tag in the $6 million range—which would make it the most expensive single political ad ever. ?! What ?! Has anyone ever heard of this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Sitherino Posted October 23, 2008 Share Posted October 23, 2008 I bet it'll get awesome ratings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mimartin Posted October 23, 2008 Share Posted October 23, 2008 Preview with special guest star. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Sitherino Posted October 23, 2008 Share Posted October 23, 2008 Party politics aside, Sarah Palin wishes her legs looked that good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samuel Dravis Posted October 24, 2008 Share Posted October 24, 2008 Yes, I heard of it. There was an article a week or so ago that was speculating on what Obama was going to do with all the 30 minute timeslots he was buying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrrtoken Posted October 24, 2008 Share Posted October 24, 2008 Wow, this is truly... bizarre. Hopefully, it will turn out to be like The Merv Griffin Show. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EnderWiggin Posted October 24, 2008 Share Posted October 24, 2008 Yes, I heard of it. There was an article a week or so ago that was speculating on what Obama was going to do with all the 30 minute timeslots he was buying. I'm kind of excited to find out what he's going to say _EW_ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jae Onasi Posted October 24, 2008 Share Posted October 24, 2008 Yep, and they're delaying the World Series for it, too. That's some serious political pull. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EnderWiggin Posted October 24, 2008 Share Posted October 24, 2008 Yep, and they're delaying the World Series for it, too. That's some serious political pull. That's if the World Series is still going for game 6, of course. Hopefully not. The rays better hurry up and knock out the phillies. (No, I'm not one to root for the home team.) _EW_ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Litofsky Posted October 24, 2008 Share Posted October 24, 2008 This is interesting, as well as some pretty good money spending. Talk about money-management. I'm curious as to the nature of these messages- what could be so news-worthy as to obtain nearly $6 million worth of television time? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jae Onasi Posted October 24, 2008 Share Posted October 24, 2008 what could be so news-worthy as to obtain nearly $6 million worth of television time?Winning the election. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EnderWiggin Posted October 29, 2008 Share Posted October 29, 2008 Obama Show starts in one minute, for all those who forgot _EW_ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Litofsky Posted October 30, 2008 Share Posted October 30, 2008 Winning the election. Quite so, Jae! Anyways, I thought that it was interesting. Obama is, in my opinion, an excellent speaker (or have my standards been lowered by Bush?), and I thought that he got his point across fairly well. I didn't hear him take any major snips at McCain (I believe he made the standard "McSame" connection, however), so kudos to him for being above that. What are your thoughts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Achilles Posted October 30, 2008 Share Posted October 30, 2008 Preview with special guest star.That's a nice pic you got there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mimartin Posted October 30, 2008 Share Posted October 30, 2008 That's a nice pic you got there. Ya, I don't remember where I found it. I was disappointed in the show. I was expecting dancing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jae Onasi Posted October 30, 2008 Share Posted October 30, 2008 I was disappointed in the show. I was expecting dancing. We had school conferences for both my kids tonight, so I missed it. I liked the snippets I did see, but I'm a bit biased in that regard. @Litofsky--Obama is a terrific speaker. Bush is better when he's interacting with people than when he's giving a speech--he's really stilted when doing formal speeches. I think if Obama had done a lot of attacking on McCain it would have reflected poorly on him--he needed to play it safe and get his message across, and the parts I've been able to see lately seem to me to have done that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rev7 Posted October 30, 2008 Share Posted October 30, 2008 I'm sorry, but I personally think that it was a huge waste of money. I am really surprised that Obama said that he would made the military stronger, better. Well, that is not what he said months ago. I have put that video out there before, and I really think that we need to keep our military strong, but how can you do that while cutting some of the funds? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ET Warrior Posted October 30, 2008 Share Posted October 30, 2008 I'm sorry, but I personally think that it has made me even more excited for an Obama America than I thought I could be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ravnas Posted October 30, 2008 Share Posted October 30, 2008 Same here. I think it was primarily made to sway over the last few independents and soft McCain Voters and looking from that perspective they did their job admirably. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Achilles Posted October 30, 2008 Share Posted October 30, 2008 I'm sorry, but I personally think that it was a huge waste of money. I am really surprised that Obama said that he would made the military stronger, better.Why? That's been his message for as long as I've been following his campaign. Well, that is not what he said months ago. I have put that video out there before, and I really think that we need to keep our military strong, but how can you do that while cutting some of the funds? This video doesn't say what you seem to think it does. "Cutting wasteful spending" is not the same thing as "gutting the military". There's nothing here that's even marginally inconsistent. @Topic: I thought the show was good. I thought some of the theatricality was a little heavy-handed (gee, is that office oval or is it just me, etc), but all-in-all I thought it helped to showcase Barack Obama to those that either haven't followed the election or haven't followed the election closely. If nothing else, it gave him an edge in the last few news cycles and may help to give him an edge in the next few. Therefore even if the show itself was a failure, it did help him to run some time off the shot clock while he still has a substantial lead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EnderWiggin Posted October 30, 2008 Share Posted October 30, 2008 I'm sorry, but I personally think that it was a huge waste of money. I thought it was a great idea that really put Obama in a last minute spotlight. It seemed to be tactfully done and very informative. I am really surprised that Obama said that he would made the military stronger, better. Why? Well, that is not what he said months ago. I have put that video out there before, and I really think that we need to keep our military strong, but how can you do that while cutting some of the funds? Nowhere in that video does he say he's going to decrease the size of the military. He's going to cut "wasteful spending," but that doesn't mean it's going to hurt the armed forces. In fact, that video is just bad because the op of the video seems to think that it paints Obama in a bad light - but it doesn't do that, either. _EW_ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mimartin Posted October 30, 2008 Share Posted October 30, 2008 We had school conferences for both my kids tonight, so I missed it. Do you believe in second ? Warning this is not a remake of the Sonny and Cher Show. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ET Warrior Posted October 30, 2008 Share Posted October 30, 2008 =) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jae Onasi Posted October 30, 2008 Share Posted October 30, 2008 Do you believe in second ? Warning this is not a remake of the Sonny and Cher Show. I figured it'd be out there sooner or later--thanks mimartin and ET Warrior!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Litofsky Posted October 30, 2008 Share Posted October 30, 2008 @Litofsky--Obama is a terrific speaker. Bush is better when he's interacting with people than when he's giving a speech--he's really stilted when doing formal speeches. I think if Obama had done a lot of attacking on McCain it would have reflected poorly on him--he needed to play it safe and get his message across, and the parts I've been able to see lately seem to me to have done that. I agree- attacking McCain would have been a poor choice. By associating himself with helping others, I believe that Obama got the right message across. And, as stated, he is a great speaker- to me, he seems lively and energetic when he speaks, as opposed to a certain lethargy that McCain appears to have (perhaps it comes from age?). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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