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Townhall.com Staff: What's Hot Thursday?
Townhall.com Blog's TownHall Blog — ... Constitution Los Angeles Times: Allies of Palestinians See a Friend in Barack Obama Politico: McCain Camp Trying to Scapegoat Palin CNN: Rob Reiner's Mom, Had Key Line in 'Sally,' Dies Slate: Don't Worry, Be Happy US News & World Report: 12 Things You Should Know About Aspirin Chicago Tribune: Latest in Jennifer Hudson Family Case: Murderer Had Help Time Magazine: Hidin' Biden: Reining In a Voluble No. 2 New York Post: TV's Top Ad Stars Pan Bam Newsweek: Jesus And Witches Philadelphia Inquirer: Fan Celebration ...

Obama’s Infomercial was Awful, two experts intone
Rathergate.com — The New York Post spoke to Anthony Sullivan and AJ Khubani, to of the world’s leading producers of the infomercials, and they agreed : Barry’s was a bad infomercial.“I don’t see enough smiling. Doom and gloom totally,” said Anthony Sullivan, one of the biggest names in infomercial history.“I feel depressed right now,” added Sullivan, an Englishman famous for his infomercials touting the Swivel Sweeper and Smart Chopper. The only thing saving Obama, Sullivan said, was when the candidate appeared live at the end speaking at a rally in Florida.“I think it needed it. I was about ...

Obama: The candidate as Rorschach test
Roger L. Simon — ... The longer this interminable election goes on, the less it seems to be about anything.  One candidate - so we are told - has a campaign filled with the proverbial rats diving off a sinking ship.  The other - stuffed to the gills with what some say are illicit dollars - spends the waning days of his campaign blowing millions of those dollars (in the midst of an economic meltdown) on something as bland and meretricious as an infomercial. ...

Infomercial Kings Pan Obama Ad
Politics Daily — ... Sen. Barack Obama may be a skilled politician, but he sure couldn't sell a Swivel Sweeper. That's according to two of the biggest names in the infomercial industry. The kings of late night and weekend TV sales reviewed Obama's 30-minute campaign ad, which aired last night on eight networks simultaneously, and found it seriously lacking. ...

Obamamercial: A flop with critics, ratings
Hot Air » Top Picks — ... rating in those markets. The Ross Perot comparison is interesting.  Perot made his famously policy-driven case, complete with pie charts, to 16.8% of the nation.  On Election Day, he won 19% of the popular vote.  Obama will win more than 25% of the popular vote, but one can take a lesson from this: the entire nation is not enthralled with The One.  As I predicted before the Obamamercial, only the true believers bothered to watch it. And they needed Prozac by the time it ended.  The New York Post had infomercial experts rate the presentation, and they gave it a big thumbs ...