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Wednesday, January 21, 2009
Hillary Clinton’s “3 a.m." advertisement (released in March) was named the “Best TV Spot” of the 2008 election, chosen by a large margin in a poll of Campaigns & Elections’ Politics magazine subscribers (many of whom are political professionals). Here are the complete results for the question in the poll:
Which of the following political advertisements would you say was the “Best TV spot” of the 2008 election?
Hillary Clinton – “3 A.M.” 31%
Barack Obama – “The Moment” 24%
John McCain – “Celebrity” 11%
Mike Huckabee – “Chuck Norris Approved” 9%
Bill Richardson – “Job Interviews” 7%
Mitt Romney – “Experience Matters” 3%
Republican National Committee – “Storm” 3%
Mike Gravel – “Throws a Rock in a Lake” 1%
Other 4%
Don’t Know 6%
Clinton's ad did get a lot of attention, and may have helped her win many primaries after it was released—as well as spawning a multitude of parodies on YouTube. Here is the original ad:
Friday, October 24, 2008
Presidential campaign billboards have been placed in video games for the first time by Barack Obama's team. The inserted ads appear in the game Burnout Paradise, and "racers" speed by billboards that say "Early Voting Has Begun" and "Vote for Change.com."
The billboard also can be seen in a number of other video games, including Need for Speed, Skate, NASCAR 09, and NBA Live 08, as well as online versions.

