What does Superbowl XLII tell us about Election 2008?
Can we read anything into a New England loss and a New York win? Yeah, Political Nanny didn't think so. But if New York Senator Hillary Clinton and former Massachussetts Governor Mitt Romney were doing better in the race these days, we're pretty sure newscasters would be all over the tenuous connection. Poor Romney had the misfortune of watching the game with reporters, including those from the New York Times. (They're the ones cheering in the picture above.)
But no matter how absorbed by the exciting football match-up we were (and by "absorbed," Political Nanny means "in the other room snacking") the campaign was always near. Fox wouldn't sell national ad time to any of the candidates (were the campaign money managers relieved to hear that?) but Political Nanny's local market was hit with some like this one for Obama. Great song (anybody know who/what it is?). Song aside, the ad was kind of a so-so -- we expect goosebumps and tearing up ... or belly laughs -- from 30-second ads and this didn't deliver.
Admittedly, Political Nanny started getting a little excited when she saw an ad featuring James Carville and Bill Frist, riding around New York City together. But it wound up being an ad for Coke, which is just such blah product. It didn't feel fun anymore.
Photo: NY Times
