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CIRESI PALTRY AD BUY: MORE MEDIA STUNT THAN SERIOUS AD BUY
By Michael B. Brodkorb | January 10, 2008
According to information provided to Minnesota Democrats Exposed, I can report that Mike Ciresi's attack ad TV buy is only around $200,000 with the ads being broadcast at WCCO-4, FOX-9, and KARE-11. I am still trying to confirm if Ciresi's campaign purchased time at KSTP-5.
Published reports have said that Ciresi's attack ad buy is scheduled to run until Minnesota precinct caucuses on February 5. If Ciresi doesn't supplement this with another ad buy, only spending around $200,000 for a four-week buy is very small amount. This paltry ad buy is more media stunt than a serious ad buy.
One of the questions political insiders are asking this afternoon is how did Ciresi's campaign afford their new attack ads? Ciresi's campaign only raised around $300,000 during the last FEC reporting period. Ciresi's campaign has not released their latest fundraising numbers.
If Ciresi's campaign had a decent fundraising quarter (more than $300,000), than they could afford to spend $200,000 on this media buy. If they raised the same amount as they did last quarter, than Ciresi may have donated to his campaign, breaking his pledge to not self-fund:
"WASHINGTON (AP) _ Attorney Mike Ciresi, who put nearly $5 million of his own money into his 2000 U.S. Senate race, said Monday he wasn't planning to self-fund again in his 2008 bid. 'No, we'll raise the money,' Ciresi said in a telephone interview. 'I think it's a better way to go.'" Source: Associated Press, February 12, 2007
Please check back to Minnesota Democrats Exposed for more information on this developing story.
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Tags: 2008 U.S. Senate, Al Franken, Mike Ciresi, Norm Coleman
Topics: 2008 U.S. Senate, Al Franken, Mike Ciresi, Norm Coleman | 13 Comments »
13 Responses to “CIRESI PALTRY AD BUY: MORE MEDIA STUNT THAN SERIOUS AD BUY”
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January 10th, 2008 at 2:25 PM
Mike:
No offense, but this one I think you have wrong. If he wants to win the endorsement he has to do the advertising now. Not to mention if his funds are limited as you described than this might be all the money he has to do the ad buy.
Furthermore the dig at Al I think is the major selling point for the DFL audience he’s targeting. he’s serious about winning. Al he’s doing this for fame and to show he’s tried to stand up to Republicans. The worse thing for Al Franken is that he wins and has to do it for six years. Has he held any job for six years?
Walter Hanson
Minneapolis, MN
January 10th, 2008 at 3:51 PM
Say, Walt?
Isn’t 6 years a record for ol’ Smokescreen, too?
January 10th, 2008 at 4:17 PM
Tommy:
If you’re referring to smokey the beat he has been fight forest fires for over fifty years.
Walter Hanson
Minneapolis, MN
January 10th, 2008 at 4:35 PM
Michael, this is not an “attack ad.” He may be positioning himself against Franken but this is far from being an “attack ad.”
January 11th, 2008 at 11:06 AM
Walter – “smokey the beat”??!?
No, i’m referring to Norm “Smokescreen” Coleman, R=Lapdog
January 11th, 2008 at 11:51 AM
Four Putt (or is that six putt):
Norm was mayor for Saint Paul for two terms before that (eight years). Not to mention after his reelection in November he’ll have at least 12 years in the Senate.
The comment about Al was that his Air America gig was I think four years. He had a couple of stints on Saturday night live, but neither one was more than six years in a row. I suppose he can claim he was an actor with his best role being one or two lines in “Trading Places”
Walter Hanson
Minneapolis, MN
January 11th, 2008 at 3:41 PM
I like smoked cheese.
Hey I remember that movie; AL was smoking some hooch and hooking up some big monkey with some guy in a monkey suit- HA HA that was funny!
Al -you a funny clown.
January 14th, 2008 at 11:34 AM
Instead of concluding that Mike’s ad buy was “paltry”, it is far more probable that he got a terrific buy for the money. Compare his prudent and smart use of campaign funds with his chief opponent, who spent $1.3 million to raise $1.9 last quarter. Democratic voters should ask what this tells them about what kind of steward he would be of taxpayers’ money. So far Al has raised an impressive $7 milliion, but he’s spent $4 million on an endorsement that still has six months to go!
And what Mike said was that he wouldn’t completely “self fund”. He has never ruled out contributing to his own campaign–just that he would not do that exclusively. Since he obviously does not have the celebrity connections Franken has, if he is able to do so, he would not tie one hand behind his back, so to speak, in his fundraising efforts.
January 14th, 2008 at 12:22 PM
Libgirl:
As I said in another post a few minutes ago if he’s going to do any self-funding now is the time to do it to be in a better position for 2-5.
Walter Hanson
Minneapolis, MN
January 30th, 2008 at 11:27 AM
[...] Mike Ciresi's campaign hasn't released their year-end fundraising numbers for 2007. Their report must be postmarked by tomorrow. Based on Ciresi's recent ad buy, I'm curious to find out if Ciresi broke his pledge and donated money to his campaign. [...]
January 30th, 2008 at 10:32 PM
[...] Mike Ciresi's campaign hasn't released their year-end fundraising numbers for 2007. Their report must be postmarked by tomorrow. Based on Ciresi's recent ad buy, I'm curious to find out if Ciresi broke his pledge and donated money to his campaign. 30 [...]
January 31st, 2008 at 2:21 PM
[...] I wrote over three weeks ago that Ciresi breaking his pledge to self-fund was a possibility. Please check back to Minnesota Democrats Exposed for more information on this developing story. [...]
February 1st, 2008 at 2:06 PM
[...] I wrote over three weeks ago that Ciresi breaking his pledge to self-fund was a possibility. Please check back to Minnesota Democrats Exposed for more information on this developing story. [...]