Category Archives: presidential campaigns

Casting ‘Election 2012: The Movie’

With the dust still settling after last month’s elections, political pundits have already begun looking ahead to the 2012 presidential contest.  We here at Pop Politics have decided to go one step farther, casting the surely upcoming movie about Election … Continue reading

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Daisy: The Birth of the Modern Attack Ad

From the 1964 presidential election, this spot may be the prototype of the modern-day attack ad.  Not only is it more stylized than many of its contemporaries, the ad also enjoyed a boost from the very controversy it caused. In … Continue reading

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Clinton on ‘Arsenio’: The quintessential pop political moment?

Here’s a flashback to the 1992 campaign trail.  In June of that year, Arkansas governor and Democratic presidential candidate Bill Clinton paid a visit to “The Arsenio Hall Show” and played “Heartbreak Hotel” on the sax. Although the correlation between … Continue reading

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