Club for Growth pissed away $1 million on this ad.
The one-who-is-just-as-dumb-or-dumber-than-his-brother is spending big bucks in New Hampshire, and
no one gives a damn.
One ad-tracking firm produced an analysis for POLITICO that showed pro-Bush spots in the past three weeks have occupied about 60 percent of the political ad air-time in the state. Bush’s numbers have moved from 9 perrcent to 8.7 percent since the ad blitz began [...]
And the kicker?
Donors frustrated by the campaign’s current trajectory want to see positive movement as a result of Bush’s first month of TV ads; but they recognize that it may not play out that way, especially since many of the candidates polling ahead of him — Donald Trump, Ben Carson and fourth-place Carly Fiorina — aren’t advertising at all.
The era when political advertising was the be-all, end-all of a campaign is coming to a close, particularly in races where the candidates have strong national exposure via non-traditional channels (read: social media).
Next year we'll see the Democratic and Republican presidential nominees spend hundreds of millions of dollars on the air to change exactly zero minds. When it comes to president, people have already made up their minds, and those who haven't (particularly in primaries) won't make their decision based on 30-second spots that they're skipping or ignoring.
A base level of TV advertising will always be necessary, but the vast majority will be pissed away. And that'd be fine if it was someone else's money being wasted, like Jeb's millionaire asshole friends. But much of the money wasted next year will be mine and yours, and that's a problem so long as the media consultants retain their stronghold on campaigns.