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Madison Avenue gets sharp stick in the eye from "America's Mayor!" 

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If you need further proof that American politics is even more screwed up than British politics, (but you always suspected that, didn't you?) Then you have to love the news today that Rudy Giuliani, the ex mayor of New York, who's milked every possible association with New York while running to be the Republican nominee for the US Presidency, has picked his high powered ad team to head up his multi million dollar effort...

And, not one of the shops he's chosen is based in New York, the so-called capital of American advertising. Instead, he's going to use the usual collection of Republican consultant attack dog agencies based in Dallas, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh and Virginia. The same guys that threw racial and sexual advertising at African American Democratic candidate, Harold Ford, last time around.

But what can you expect from a guy who claims he spent more time at "Ground Zero" than the police and fire fighters. Yet according to a recent article in the New York Times, during that period, he actually spent twice as much time attending Yankee baseball games, whilst all the poor buggers at "Ground Zero" were digging up the remains of their comrades. What a wanker... But having lived over here for so long... I wouldn't be surprised if he gets elected!

Published Aug 24 2007, 01:46 AM by George Parker
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by Gordon Macmillan
August 24, 2007 9:14 AM
 
But aren't these choices all about picking political consultants and GOP stalwarts? Oner of those chosen is the same group that created the "notorious ad for the RNC against Harold Ford in his 2006 U.S. Senate run, depicting a blonde woman telling Ford to “Call me,”." Other reports say these choices are also an indication that a Giuliani nomination looks more likely -- and is more acceptable -- to the Republican Party elite than ever before and that these choices of people who have worked for past GOP elections are about reinforcing that. Here's the lis for anyone who is interested from Atlantic.com Heath Thompson will serve as the lead creative consultant. He was regional political during the Bush-Cheney re-election campaign and ran the Bush effort in South Carolina in 2000. He's now a partner with Scott Howell and Co. He will double as a lead Giuliani strategist in South Carolina. His former partner in SC, Terry Sullivan, is running Romney's campaign there. Scott Howell's firm has Bush-Cheney campaign experience and is the media consultant of record for many in-cycle incumbents throughout the south and midwest. It was his firm, in 2006, that produced the controversial television ad about Harold Ford, Jr's dating life. Howell also worked for George Allen in '06. He's handling media duties for Norm Coleman's re-election in Minnesota. Chris Mottola's former clients have included Sen. Arlen Specter and ex-NYC governor George Pataki. He's been a close adviser to Pataki for years. John Brabender was chief consultant to Rick Santorum in his 2006 Senate race and has worked for just about every major conservative politician in the northeast. His firm is BrabenderCox, about which my colleague Josh Green wrote last year.
 
 
by Bill Britt
August 24, 2007 4:32 PM
 
George, American politicians never rely on ad agencies to direct their election campaigns and instead employ specialist political consultants. I was once a political reporter on the largest newspaper covering a Congressional election in Texas that ended up being the most expensive in American history. The Republican candidate’s campaign was personally run by by Lee Atwater, who directed Ronald Reagan’s campaigns and was a mentor to Karl Rove. Having met the late Atwater, also known as the `Darth Vader of the Republican Party’ I can assure you that the cream puffs in Madison Avenue wouldn’t last 10 seconds.
 
 
by George Parker
August 25, 2007 10:22 PM
 
Bill You're right, but never forget that when politics really started using advertising, it was BBD&O who ran their campaigns through the 50's and 60's. Cheers/George
 
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