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Election 1996 Wellstone "Values/Education" (1996)
This, along with Boschwitz's "Proud" commercial, are "promotional" ads from this year's US Senate campaign in Minnesota. Both ads are intended to suggest what the candidates are like as people, to provide a biographical note, and to build a positive image in peoples' minds about the candidates. Wellstone seeks to focus on his family roots and encourage people to perceive him as a man of bedrock values who is a champion of education. (He may have learned from President Clinton, who is so good at connecting with people and getting them to feel as though he really understands their concerns.) ­ Dr. Dean Alger

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Download: Wellstone Commercial, 2.9 MB


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