$3.3 Billion in Political Ad Spending Predicted

From TVB: Television Broadcast
NEW YORK: Political ad spending could buck a trend this year and rise 11 percent on the power of hot-button issues. Most TV stations have expected fourth-quarter political ad spending to be down from last year’s traditional windfall from a presidential election. Wells Fargo analysts say spending in the segment could $3.3 [...]

MCain Won’t Support Palin 2012 Run … Yet

Any surprises here?

Sarah Palin in 2012 not!
on a side note, I had a hard time finding photos of Palin and McCain together…does that tell ya something?
By: Dave Eberhart
In a TV interview, Sunday, Sen. John McCain, R-Arizona, praised his running mate, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, but stopped well short of giving her the nod as the [...]

The Best Thing To Come from The McCain/Palin Camp: TECHNOLOGY FIRE SALE

So you think the sale of Obama’s senate seat in Illinois was the deal of the century…how about leftover technology from the McCain/Palin Campaign
GREAT STORY FROM THE HUFFINGTON POST
Run, don’t walk, to John McCain’s 2008 presidential campaign headquarters in Arlington, Va., for an amazing Blowout Sale! Computers, blackberries, televisions, desks, you name it – everything [...]

Times Square NYC Nov 5, 2008: Change is Good!

Congratulations to Barack Obama…a man I was proud to have supported.  At the same time, I was blown away by the tone and content of John McCain’s concession speech last night. A portion of it I have included below.
A little while ago, I had the honor of calling Sen. Barack Obama to congratulate him.
To congratulate [...]

Ellis Henican: “Voters, the choice is yours, so make it count”

Ellis Henican is a good buddy, a good guy, a helluva writer (for Newsday), Host & Commentator (Fox News) and one of our newest NY:MIEG Moderators (he did a great job at our “Social Media & The Presidential Election” event last week). His column,a personal, opinionated look at the news of the day appears in [...]

Toto…I have a feeling we’re not in Alaska anymore.

Thanks to my friend Dave Berg of Frog Pond Consulting for bringing this photo to my attention.

The Long Island Debate

I just think it so cool that the debate took here on Long Island. I reminds me of the day back in 1987 when former CIA Director William Casey passed away. He had lived for many years down the street from my parents and the funeral took place at nearby St. Marys Church.
Not only were [...]

The Great Schlep

Being that we are in the political season, and we have a couple of events planned related to the subject I thought it might be fun to share with you a very funny video my brother Cliff sent me featuring Sarah Siliverman called “The Great Schlep.” (Disclaimer: This video has lots of foul language but [...]