Tuesday, December 11, 2007
Romney Doesn't Really Heart Huckabee
We talked in class about increasing attacks on Huckabee due to his lead in the Iowa polls. Here's a Romney ad attacking Huckabee on immigration. Huckabee also released a new ad emphasizing his tough stance on immigration. Each wants to prove that he is the authentic conservative. I think that it's interesting that they both emphasize their conservatism instead of their candidacy for the Republican party. Perhaps they do this because of the negative associations that many Americans have with the Republican party and the Bush administration. Do you think that these ads are effective? Will the Democrats also create more attack ads against each other as primaries near?
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I admit (and most of you probably know) that I am strong Romney supporter, so maybe I am a little biased on this subject. However, I have yet to see a Huckabee ad that impresses me at all. Sure the Chuck Norris ad was funny, but did it really tell you anything? This immigration ad has Huckabee claiming that he will be tough on border security, but does he give any evidence to support his claims? No, because he can't. Romney's ad provides actual evidence, based on his record as governor, that he would be tough on border security. Now I know that one of the goals of most political ads is to say almost nothing substantive and instead fill the ad with wonderful glittering generalities, and I admit that some of Romney's ads have this same problem, but at least in this ad Romney has some evidence and proof that he will actually do what he says. I realize that Huckabee's ads probably do have some impact on voters who simply listen for buzz words like "tough on immigration" but I do find it kind of sad that ads like that actually work at all.
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