** REPLAY THE DENVER DNC OBAMA SPEECH **

[President Decider]

Help me out here:

On the weekends during the day and even in the evenings on TV, I see infomercials on bow-flex machines, cookware, real estate, how to get rich quick, etc., etc., etc., ....

If these companies can pay to peddle their wares to every household in American week after week, why wouldn't Obama's team pony up to a few of the networks to replay the Friday Night Obama speech at the DNC in Denver every weekend for the next 5 weeks? Thay can produce a really great 1 hr. production highlighting Obama and Biden's speeches in effort to keep the real issues and what these 2 guys stand for fresh on the table.

Since McCain and his GOP campaign thugs did a nice job at stepping on Obama's media time announcing the moose hunter the following day, this would be HUGE for Obama run his speech each week from now to the week leading up to the election.

The DNC acceptance speech in a stadium filled with 80K people was hailed as one of the finest speeches in his career and totally intellectually and spiritually connected with Americans who are truly disqusted with the past 8 years of government and want to put this country back on the right track. Obama has to get that "American spirit" message back out there.

That's my idea .... What say you?

K&R if you think this has merit.

[eshfemme]

1. The problem with the infomercial route

is that frankly, it reeks of desperation... I think a better idea would be to get the view counts of the online vid of Obama's speech up to the point where it's viral. Because I don't think people realize just how uplifting it is. I still listen to it now and then for a pick me up. And I think it should be emailed, blogged even after the fact.

[President Decider]

4. How does getting your message out using modern media distribution channels come across desperate?

I think many Americans would love to see this speech each week. If anything, it keeps people talking and influencing others who may or may not have had the opportunity to see it.

It may also spark some to register to vote that weren't planning on voting.

[Frumious B]

2. Obama doesn't need to replay a speech he all ready gave.

He can just book another big venue and give a new speech on an issue or issues that he hasn't extensively covered yet. He doesn't need a convention to draw that kind of crowd. The "convention" can be wherever and whenever he feels like speaking.

[BumRushDaShow]

3. You may be seeing all of those infomercials locally...

The affiliates have the leeway (or basically have no choice) to fill their airtime on weekends with paid programming because the networks have very little scheduled programming on weekends (outside of sports and a handful of news shows on Sundays) - mainly because weekends (particularly Saturdays) are the least-watched timeslots each week (again, outside of sports programs).

Hillary was lampooned for doing similar on the Hallmark Channel and got very little mileage out of it.

[tedoll78]

5. Infomercials CAN work...

we need only look at Perot's 19% in 1992 to see this. A third-party candidate getting that much of the vote? It had to account for at least a few percentage points in his favor.

But we have to do it properly. I'd like to see an address to the nation on Sunday night before the election. Half an hour. All three major networks. If it costs a chunk of change, we can certainly afford it - Obama can ask his donor base directly for money for this endeavour. With the data/information that his strategists and writers would have at that point in time, a speech specifically tailored directly toward undecided voters can make a small difference. If the election is deadlocked, this may be the thing that provides a margin of victory.