<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[The Dish]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[http://dish.andrewsullivan.com]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[Andrew Sullivan]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://dish.andrewsullivan.com/author/sullydish/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[Ad War Wrap]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<p>If you want to know what it&#39;s been like for a swing-state resident recently, watch this - if you can bear it:</p> <p><iframe frameborder="0" height="290" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/TwXh7VZ3ViE" width="515"></iframe></p> <p>Specifically, the video is a &quot;compressed recording of [last] Thursday&#39;s noon news broadcast on the Columbus, Ohio, CBS affiliate,&quot; <a href="http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/11/01/1153753/-22-consecutive-political-ads-during-half-hour-Columbus-Ohio-newscast" target="_self">via</a> Jed Lewison:</p> <blockquote> <p>If you didn&#39;t have the patience to watch the entire clip, I don&#39;t blame you. Here&#39;s what you missed:</p> <p style="padding-left: 30px;">     * Just over 10 minutes worth of political ads packed into a half-hour newscast     <br />* 22 consecutive political ads (including 1 voter ID PSA)     5 ads attacking Obama (all from outside groups)     <br />* 2 ads supporting Romney (one from Romney campaign, one from Crossroads)     <br />* 2 ads attacking Romney (one from OFA, one from Priorities)     <br />* 4 ads attacking Sherrod Brown (all outside groups)     <br />* 1 ad supporting Sherrod Brown (from his campaign)     <br />* The rest of the ads were for local ballot issues or candidates <p>Keep in mind that local news is the absolute worst as far as being wall-to-wall political advertising is concerned. On Friday, I saw 45 consecutive political ads during the evening broadcast with a similar mix to the one posted here. With such saturation, I can&#39;t imagine that any of the ads on local news will have any impact, at least not for the high profile races. There&#39;s just no way to process the ads without having your eyes glaze over.</p> </blockquote> <p>Meanwhile, Haberman <a href="http://www.politico.com/blogs/burns-haberman/2012/11/romney-camp-tells-dc-insiders-they-outspent-obama-148649.html">passes along</a> some last-minute gloating from Team Romney:</p>]]></html></oembed>