A 3AM Call… On The Economy?

3:04 pm EST April 2nd, 2008 | Politics | 11 Comments

Ok, the Clinton people aren’t even really trying now. This ad is stupid.

UPDATE: One of Ambinder’s commenters hits the nail on the head for why this ad stinks.

Did the focus groups really like this one? It makes no sense to me. Economic crises don’t come all of a sudden, they develop over days and even years. “Mrs. President, I’m sorry to wake you up, but a cell of bankers has activated and is foreclosing on millions of homes!”

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11 Responses to “A 3AM Call… On The Economy?”

  1. Quaker in a Basement says:
    April 2, 2008 at 3:11 pm

    Whaaaa?

    Who would be calling about a financial crisis at 3 a.m.? The markets are closed, right? And who cares whether the kids are asleep in their beds when there’s a financial meltdown? Would it be better if they were spending the night at Grandma’s?

    Unless they’re talking about some sort of metaphorical “3 a.m. in America,” this makes no sense at all.

    I take that back. Even then it makes no sense.

  2. Sean D. Martin says:
    April 2, 2008 at 3:25 pm

    Did the first 3am ad actually work for Clinton? I’ve heard it helped her out in Texas just after it was first used, but within a very short time it seemed to me that it was mostly fodder for Letterman/Leno jokes and satires on YouTube.

    Why use anything that harks back to it?

  3. durablend says:
    April 2, 2008 at 4:09 pm

    Everyone knows when she picks up the phone, she’ll just hand it over to Bill. Who are they trying to kid?

  4. Quaker in a Basement says:
    April 2, 2008 at 4:18 pm

    Psh. Dura, you got it backwards. HRC has been the brains of the outfit all along.

  5. z_adura says:
    April 2, 2008 at 4:23 pm

    Overnight Markets are open in Asia and Europe and it is possible to buy stock market futures and bundled contracts at any time of day.

    The problem with this message and with the whole theme is not that it is a bad message. The problem is that Hillary is a lousy salesperson and doesn’t even sound like she believes the message herself.

  6. eagleye says:
    April 2, 2008 at 4:26 pm

    Hillary likes that 3 a.m. time slot for taking phone calls. She’s always up at that hour anyway, waiting for Bill to come home…

  7. eagleye says:
    April 2, 2008 at 4:34 pm

    http://www.kxmb.com/News/224840.asp

    Obama just landed another one…

  8. Duros62 says:
    April 2, 2008 at 4:46 pm

    jesus, doesn’t she ever sleep?

    I mean, wow. Even if the message made any sense, nice use of recycled footage. Way to run an inevitable campaign on the cheap.

  9. midderpidge says:
    April 2, 2008 at 7:01 pm

    The phone call is coming from inside the house!!!

  10. Quaker in a Basement says:
    April 2, 2008 at 7:05 pm

    @ ‘pidge: Haw!

  11. durablend says:
    April 2, 2008 at 7:14 pm

    pidge is right!

    IT’S MONICA!!!!!!!