Rand Paul: FLAME, new Super PAC ad

[LatinsforPaul]

Rand Paul's Iowa Hopes

A Paul-supporting SuperPAC, Concerned American Voters, has raised over $5 million over the course of the campaign and have been focusing their early efforts on get-out-the-vote and voter identification in Iowa.

They also have a pro-Paul video ad with over 238,000 views and over 3,500 shares.

Their digital ad strategy hopes to make sure anyone even potentially interested in Paul sees some of their content, and they have launched a half-million digital ad buy for that purpose. They have 30 videos already circulating, and intend to have more than 75 by the end of the month.

Their calling operation has identified over 37,000 potential Paul caucus voters, who have claimed they either will, are likely to, or might vote for him.

Jeff Frazee, a veteran of Ron Paul's campaigns and president of that PAC, predicts an Iowa win would open as yet-closed taps of cash for Paul. The idea apparently is that many very wealthy folk are inclined to help but not inclined to pour money into something they have no confidence will have any electoral traction.

Another Paul-supporting SuperPAC, PurplePAC, has an ad for Paul they've developed airing on TV in Des Moines and Cedar Rapids now. It will be airing 25 times on the ABC affiliate in Cedar Rapids, six time on Fox affiliate, 33 times on CBS affiliate, and 46 times on NBC affiliate. In Des Moines, it will air 36 times on local CBS, 11 on Fox, 40 on NBC, and 30 on ABC, for a total 227 airings in both markets combined.

The ad, below, is built around the visual and textual metaphor of liberty as a flame that only Rand Paul will keep stoked:

 

[kbs021]

I love it... Regardless of what happens, this ad can only be made about Rand. We are all trying to protect that flame.. Thanks to everyone who is fighting with us.

 

[nikcers]

I normally don't like political ads but this one is on point.

 

[Origanalist]

 

[nikcers]

#feelthetorch #libertyflame #RandaidForBernVictims

 

[squirl22]

I really like this ad.

 

[Crashland]

Did the Ted Cruz logo catch on fire?

 

[LatinsforPaul]

Their calling operation has identified over 37,000 potential Paul caucus voters, who have claimed they either will, are likely to, or might vote for him.

After being in Iowa for over 7 months, you have to think CAV will get at least half of these people to caucus for Rand. That's over 18,000 caucus votes for Rand.

 

[presence]

We might net a couple thousand boobuses with this... but I must say... as an adherent of the intellectual arm of the liberty movement, it saddens me that we stoop to amorphous sound bytes like this to win votes. As cute as it may be, it elicits a bit of gag reflex. I'd rather the money be spent airing 30 second shorts of the declaration of independence. But I'm not your average boobus... I have a strong grasp on global issues and I don't live in a world of broadcast television adverts, radio, or web pop up ads... so corrugated plastic sign on I suppose. Wrap Rand up in cellophane and sell him