The Romney Obama dueling campaign ads are going strong — and you can particularly see it in this state where this post is being written, in Colorado. What’s most notable are two current trends (which may change).
A good chunk of the Romney ad emphasis remains on the charge that Barack Obama cut medicare, a charge that has been widely proven to be incorrect. But the ads communicate the charge and could have impact on those who don’t fact check or dismiss any fact check:
Some of the Obama ads seem to be a bit more playful, in a partisan way — like this new DNC ad called called The Romney Bunch:
But expect to see an increasingly — perhaps almost unbearable — number of ads of many different styles to clobber you when you turn on the tube after Labor Day, heading all the way up to the election. There may be a waiting list for non-political ads on TV…
Joe Gandelman is a former fulltime journalist who freelanced in India, Spain, Bangladesh and Cypress writing for publications such as the Christian Science Monitor and Newsweek. He also did radio reports from Madrid for NPR’s All Things Considered. He has worked on two U.S. newspapers and quit the news biz in 1990 to go into entertainment. He also has written for The Week and several online publications, did a column for Cagle Cartoons Syndicate and has appeared on CNN.