Thank goodness it's only one more week till the GOP clowns and can take their circus acts on to New Hampshire.

This is comical. I hope the Obama campaign is collecting these for the general election.. and leaving them in a lockbox. I figure it won't be long before they're useful.

/No, not what's said about the candidate that eventually runs against him, but what the candidate said about others.

whidbey: This is why we need Election/Campaign Reform.

There is no reason this kind of farce should have to happen every 4 years.

There isn't enough support for this crap this year. The Republicans have no ideas, and they're just wasting money.

Yeah it's not even every 4 years, guy. It's every 2 years now thanks to midterms, and since both parties are constantly angling for re-election and attacking even the daily minutiae of political life, this is a constant, never-ending cycle. Online there are neverending attack ads. Soon it will be television until we are inundated by a 24/7 political election cycle at which point, hopefully, the populace will be so goddamn fed up with it that they demand immediate reform.

BilltheThrill: As an Iowan, I haven't seen as much advertising as I have feared. It is VERY tame compared to 2008. The only place I have trouble with obtrusive political ads is on YouTube.

What I did find amusing is that Gingrich doesn't have the money to run ads in Iowa? I am pretty sure Iowa has 5 television markets (correct me if I'm wrong there), and two of those 5 broadcast into other states. If you can't scrape together money to compete in 5 markets, then that campaign is a bigger joke than I thought. Nothing to say about his policies or his character, but judging by the way he manages his "campaign", I wouldn't let him run a car wash for me.

No dispute that Romney's campaign is much more organized. He definitely has some management chops. Almost as impressive as Obama in 2008. I'm sure Romney will have a fairly well organized campaign headquarters also when he gives his concession speech that is.

The real effects of this will be felt in a few onths when the newly rich local TV stations start upgrading their Doppler Radar systems and buying new Action News Team blazers

blackminded: Elandriel: Yeah it's not even every 4 years, guy. It's every 2 years now thanks to midterms, and since both parties are constantly angling for re-election and attacking even the daily minutiae of political life, this is a constant, never-ending cycle. Online there are neverending attack ads. Soon it will be television until we are inundated by a 24/7 political election cycle at which point, hopefully, the populace will be so goddamn fed up with it that they demand immediate reform.tune the whole process out and stay home to watch Dancing With The Stars instead of voting thus removing elected officials further and further from actual accountability to their electorate.

FTFY

No see, the ads will come during the commercial breaks in DWTS and piss people off who don't want to put up with that. Nevermind the occasional politician IN the damn show. Nevermind the politically motivated statements made by contestants, blah blah blah.

I'm sick of the popularity contest. I really hate that my country has become one giant high school and that all the "major players" show all the maturity and not a single ounce more of some member of a goddamn clique. I do my part by voting for people with ideas and not wedge-issue spouting retards, but educating the masses about the importance of their choice is insurmountable. Not just because of DTWS et al either but because until it hits someone in their comfort zone, they couldn't give a single good god damn about whatever is happening.

BOMBARDMENT!

Masso: I'm immensely enjoying the way GOP candidates are out to ruin each other while Obama has yet to start his campaign.

And most of the ads are like "You're just like Obama!" and "No! YOU are just like Obama!"