Governor Schwarzenegger’s Hit Christmas Family Movie (but not Jingle All the Way)
December 23, 2008 by Jeremy
Filed under 2010, Blog, California, Governor, Political Video
The good folks at Courage Campaign Issues Committee (disclosure: I’ve done a bit of work for them) are making spirits bright…at the Governor’s expense.
Robert in Monterey talks about the piece at Calitics:
The Courage Campaign, in partnership with Donkey on the Edge and with the support of Cheri and Naren Shankar, put together this video of Arnold’s “California Carol” - Arnold is visited by the ghosts of California past, present and future, showing him the error of his ways.
Unfortunately, California’s Ebenezer Scrooge isn’t going to have a Christmas morning change of heart and suddenly decide to provide funding for schools and health care. Not unless we the people demand that he stop cutting and start saving California by signing the Democratic budget deal. (Calitics - Arnold’s Nightmare: A California Carol)
Lest ye forget, this is not the Governor’s first foray into holiday entertainment. As bad as the situation is in Sacramento, do we really want him going back to this…
Watch This: GOOD Magazine Breaks Down Fundraising for the First Billion Dollar Race for the White House
May 9, 2008 by Jeremy
Filed under 2008 Presidential, Clinton, Fundraising, Obama, Watch This:
Fundraising flunkies and compliance junkies:
Check out this great motion piece breaking down the who’s got the bucks and where the cash comes from in the first $1,000,000,000 campaign.
Brought to you by the great folks at GOOD Magazine.
What the Frak is Going on in the 2008 Democratic Primary?
Somebody at Slate must be a Battlestar Galactica fan…
This has all happened before, and it will all happen again.
Talking Shop: My Appearance on Wilshire & Washington’s BlogTalkRadio Show
April 18, 2008 by Jeremy
Filed under 2008 Presidential, Clinton, Edwards, Exclusivity, Gravel, Obama, Video Theory
Shameless self-promotion alert!!!
Tonight I bellied up to the pundit bar and appeared as a guest on the BlogTalkRadio edition of the excellent blog Wilshire & Washington.
Maegan Carberry, who I met on the Obama campaign invited suckered me into a rough Q&A by herself and Variety Editor-At-Large Ted Johnson.
I don’t know who keeps telling people that I know what I’m talking about (It’s me.), but I can’t say I dislike the attention.
For a refresher course on my past punditry, take a look at the clips below from my appearances on KNBC Los Angeles’ NewsConference…
Back With A Vengeance
February 9, 2008 by Jeremy
Filed under 2008 Presidential, Obama, Reelpolitik Productions
I took a little while away to go work day-to-day on the Obama campaign in California.
Now I’m back.
The video above is the last piece I released, capturing the excitement from Barack’s supporters outside his debate with Senator Clinton at the Kodak theater on January 31st.
A Stirring Coda - Will.I.am’s Yes We Can video
February 2, 2008 by Jeremy
Filed under 2008 Presidential, Obama
Though the contest will continue on all the way to Denver, we are just days from 22 states casting their votes and going to caucus.
This contest has been elevated by great candidates, two of whom remain.
However you vote, wherever you stand, watch the video above.
Take a moment to think between now and Tuesday - or whenever your state votes - to think on the direction you wish for this country and this world.
Then please go vote.
The hopes of the little girl who goes to a crumbling school in Dillon are the same as the dreams of the boy who learns on the streets of LA; we will remember that there is something happening in America; that we are not as divided as our politics suggests; that we are one people; we are one nation; and together, we will begin the next great chapter in America’s story with three words that will ring from coast to coast; from sea to shining sea - Yes. We. Can.
Gentlemen, behold! The Huckabeast!!!
December 29, 2007 by Jeremy
Filed under 2008 Presidential
McCain’s Daughter is Making Movies on the Road
December 28, 2007 by Jeremy
Filed under 2008 Presidential
John McCain’s daughter, Meghan McCain, has been blogging his race for a while. Not content with the mere written word, she now is making movies on the campaign trail. The first two clips are above and below.
Shannon Bae, who is credited with producing the pieces, has two really nice works here - even if she should back off on the canted angles!
More than most of the videos I have seen this cycle, these two pieces from McCain have a give a nice feel for what it’s like on the trail. I loved the shots in the second clip of the seats with the name tags on them. Totally inconsequential, but also so familiar. How many stools have I striped tape across with names the same way?
These pieces are behind the walls in ways that other campaigns have not achieved. I guess the moral of the story for all you campaign videographers is this:
Be the candidate’s daughter, and you’ll actually get to see what’s going on!
Despite my affection for these videos, I’m still no McCain fan. Hearing the stories of the country clubber and the Wall Street young turk who left their cushy lives behind to get John McCain elected, I am reminded why I am a Democrat - where the “what did you leave behind” stories are a lot more salt of the earth.
Joe Trippi is Out of Ideas. Supporters to Make John Edwards Next Ad!
December 27, 2007 by Jeremy
Filed under 2008 Presidential, Edwards
Enter your :30 second spot between December 28th and January 16th - just in time for the Nevada Caucuses!
More details are available at JohnEdwards.com.
No word if the winner gets the customary cut of the media buy.
Kumar Goes to Caucus…without Harold. Kal Penn and
December 27, 2007 by Jeremy
Filed under 2008 Presidential, Obama
It was a little chilly, but I drove around with the top down in L.A. this morning. Looking at this video, it doesn’t appear that actors Kal Penn, Olivia Wilde and Megalyn Echikunwoke miss the California weather as they campaign for Barack Obama in Iowa.
