The Pappas campaign doesn’t like the judgment of her commercials, but they report lots of good feedback from viewers for her new commercials both from Illinois and surrounding states that really like the ads. So to be fair, take a look at one of the ads as Maria Pappas’ web site.
They also pointed me to a nice profile of her in Today’s Chicago Woman
Do I think Pappas can still win? Err….not very easily, though a scenario of well placed ads hitting undecided women as Hull comes down was the only scenario I could imagine about a week ago and, well, it could happen. The problem is the free media coverage any candidate needs is not likely to be fawning given her performance in the debates and to overcome the Hull saturation just to be heard is very hard at this point. It seems more likely that Obama will benefit from that demographic, while Hynes is likely to pick up any white males downstate. The big disclaimer there is the Hull divorce issue hasn’t been nearly as big of a deal downstate as it was in the Chicago market.
Having seen the ad linked to on her front page, I think it is a decent ad for an introductory ad–so it makes sense in Southern Illinois where it is supposed to be playing soon, but in Cook and surrounding areas where she has name ID, it is doesn’t do much to win voters familiar with her.
i think the undecided women are going to break towards Obama (one poll has him number one among women and the women i speak to respond to him very positively). first question asked by several women i know who’ve seen maria’s ad, subtly undercutting her judgment:why the hell is she wearing THAT?
excellent point. i keep hearing the same thing. along the lines of “if you’re gonna be on tv, wear something decent, not a red pantsuit”