Doing it Differently in Wisconsin, Dagnabbit!(political campaigns)

From: Campaigns & Elections | Date: October 1, 2001| Author: MICKLOS, CHRIS; SAPIRO, JAY | Copyright information

Winning a decisive, longshot state Senate victory

"BUT, DO YOU really think an animated cowboy will be a credible spokesman for a political candidate?"

In the end, that was the one question that probably would have derailed our proposed campaign spot, because it would have been awfully hard to justify a "yes" answer. However, sometimes there comes a time in political campaigns -- especially when you work for a longshot challenger -- when you just decide to thr...

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