Seems Californians would rather elect a placeholder than suffer through a second round of nonstop commercials, debates, fundraisers and stump speeches..
Four out of 10 young people have watched candidate speeches, interviews, commercials or debates online, according to Pew, substantially more than people 30 and older.
In commercials and debates, in grip-and-grin events and television interviews, the candidates and their surrogates are branding as negative comments by their foes that in other campaigns might have been dismissed with a yawn.
I didn't get a chance to wax lyrical on Dutch infrastructure or the lameness of the UK government's cycling policy; it was time for a commercial break, debate over.
Together with her Dutch colleague, Hanke van den Ende is writing a review article about pedagogical issues in the commercial surrogacy debate.
According to Pew, nearly a quarter of Americans say they have seen something about the '08 race -- a speech, an interview, a commercial, a debate -- in an online video.
He sought to take control tonight, at least symbolically, by sending an e-mail message to Mr. Bush, in which he restated his challenge to eliminate all campaign commercials and debate twice a week instead.
It's a way for Americans to be part of a national conversation, whether it's about the puppy in the Budweiser commercials or debating Katy Perry's performance at Sunday'shalftime show.
After a very long commercial break, the debate has resumed.
The ambivalence over the commercial reflected a debate on how negative Mr. Bush should go against Mr. Gore and how soon.
The commercial versus literary debate was my fatal cramp while I was writing my adult books, and I've been relieved to discover how rarely the distinction comes up when writing for younger audiences.
