Television and Radio Advertising

Interest Group Campaigns
Neutral
Divided We Fail
-"Way Too Important" (June 2007 - NH).
-"Too Young" (June 2007 - NH).
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ED in '08
-"America's Future" (announced Dec. 18, 2007).
-"Abby Ad" (Aug. 3, 2007 - IA).
Every Child Matters
-Brazelton ad (radio, Oct. 15, 2007 - NH).
League of Conservation Voters
"Being Green" (week of Aug. 22, 2007 - IA).
The Heat is On
-"Challenge of a Generation" (April 22-27, 2007 - SC).
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ONE Vote ‘08
"Heal" (Dec. 13, 2007 - IA, NH, national cable).

 

Supporting Particular Candidates
AFSCME PEOPLE   ...supporting Clinton 
-Ad (late Dec. 2007 - IA).
-"Hide and Seek" (Dec. 5, 2007 - IA).
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Alliance for a New America   ...supporting Edwards
-TV ad (late Dec. 2007 - IA).
-Beth Junk radio ad (week of Dec. 16, 2007 - IA).
.
American Federation of Teachers COPE  ...supporting Clinton
-Ad (radio, Dec. 6, 2007 - IA).
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Friends of the Earth Action   ...supporting Edwards
-"Trust" (radio, Dec. 21, 2007 - IA).
-"Humanity" (radio, Oct. 25, 2007 - NH).
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Working for Working Americans   ...supporting Edwards
-TV ad (approx. Dec. 19, 2007 - IA).

 

Targeting Particular Candidates
California Nurses Association/Physicians for a National Health Care Program
-"Speechless" ads targeting Clinton, Edwards and Obama (Sept. 26, 2007 - NH, DC; also run in IA).
Club for Growth.net
-"United" targeting Huckabee (Dec. 10, 2007 - IA and SC, and on FOX News nationwide).
-"Bill Clinton or Mike Huckabee" targeting Huckabee (Aug. 2, 2007 - IA; Jan. 2008 - MI).
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Democratic Courage PAC
-"Santa Obama's Christmas Spectacular" targeting Obama (announced Dec. 21, 2007 - IA).
-"Blowin' in the Wind" targeting Clinton (Dec. 7, 2007 - IA).
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Log Cabin Republicans
-Radio ad targeting Romney (Nov. 29, 2007 - NH).
-Ad targeting Romney (Oct. 4, 2007 - IA and FOX News).
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MoveOn.org Political Action
-"Giuliani: A Betrayal of Trust" targeting Giuliani on Iraq Study Group (week of Sept. 17, 2007 - IA).
-"Reckless" targeting McCain for his "Bomb Iran" gaffe (week of April 23, 2007 - IA, NH).
-"Escalation" targeting McCain for his support of additional troops in Iraq (Jan. 17, 2007 - IA, NH).
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Republican Majority for Choice
"Just One More Time" targeting Romney (Dec. 2, 2007 - IA, NH).
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STOP Hillary PAC
-Ad coinciding with Sen. Hillary Clinton's first visit to the state (Jan. 27, 2007 - IA cable).

 

Notes
The 527 Alliance for a New America is funded by several state branches of SEIU.  It has a one-page website at http://afnamerica.com.

Alliance for a New America believes that Washington is broken.
Special interests control our government while members of the middle class who work hard and play by the rules are left behind. We have to fix the problems in Washington first if we are going to strengthen the economy and make sure every American has quality health care.

We are encouraging voters to ask the candidates how they will make the middle class and working Americans their top priority in Washington, while ensuring that special interests and corporate America lose their stranglehold on our government.
 
 

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