Lamont Hired Wellstone's Ad Guy

[Rose Siding]

This is cool. Everyone hates the ad game but it always frosts my cookies when dem candidates don't capitalize on the unparalelled talent on the left. This is the age of West Wing, fer cryin' out loud. Why the hell, for instance, wasn't "some call you the haves and the have mores, I call you my base" ever used, even by any 527?

Hillman's good. This Paul Wellstone ad is a classic-

http://www.bnmhost.com/bill_hillsman/fast_512k.mov

That's quicktime, windows is at this link-

http://www.billhillsman.com/

Lamont Goes For Edgier Ad Firm

Ned Lamont's campaign for U.S. Senate has parted ways with his media consultant, Ken Swopes & Associates, and hired a political ad man known for edgier, attention-getting commercials.

Bill Hillsman, whose clients have included Ralph Nader, the late Sen. Paul Wellstone of Minnesota and that state's wrestler-turned-governor, Jesse Ventura, is the campaign's new choice.
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In a profile in Mother Jones magazine, Hillsman is described as producing spots "that look and feel more like Super Bowl commercials than typical political ads. The buzz they generate helps Hillsman's underdog clients compete with better funded and more entrenched candidates, getting the attention of undecided voters and giving the media more reason to cover the campaign."

http://www.courant.com/news/politics/hc-ctlamont0427.artapr27,0,4181921.story

[incapsulated]

1. His ads for Paul were great

Good choice! :)

[CTyankee]

2. I haven't seen Lamont's ads

Are they in the New Haven market? I don't watch too much tv, tho.

[Rose Siding]

3. There aren't any running yet.

He just got this guy. Whatever work the other had done, no ads ran.