I've been watching CNN give the RNC's Austin Powers' spoof/attack ad on John Kerry free airplay for what seems like the bizzilionth time. They are also playing the DNC's "Balooning Defecit" flash-ad occasionally.
First, I must acknowledge that these web ads are a great way to get free ad play: you send an email out to supporters with an ad and CNN airs it for free for you. Brilliant.
However, I am rather dispirited by the fact that the DNC ad really sucks compared to the RNC one (which is probably part of the reason CNN usually plays out the RNC ad and mostly summarizes the DNC one). I'm sorry, but our ad looks like it was drawn by a second grader. On the other hand, the RNC ad looks really good and is quite funny (although I disagree with the content of the ad entirely). It seems to me that the DNC, considering its lack of good flash ad creators, needs to look into getting some better flash ads or maybe doing a Bush in 30 seconds like contest.