While adjusting my digital “rabbit ear” television antenna (too cheap for cable or satellite), I happened to come across the signal of WPBF-TV from West Palm Beach, an achievement in itself. But what amazed me was that although we are still 16 months from the election, at least one candidate is running TV ads…in this case for a legislative candidate. It is the first such advertisment I have seen this season.
It seems at least some candidates are beginning to spend money to get their names out there earlier to gain name recognition. I just didn’t think that any smart political consultants would encourage buying ads this early in the game.