First off, let me say that I am petrified that we'll lose this one. I was just at a wedding on Saturday evening. Mark Leno was the officiant and the couple asked for donations to No on 8. I've also volunteered my time.
However, I'm disappointed in the advertising. Their ground game looks like its pretty good.
The other side gave us this commercial:
and this:
No on 8 responded with this:
Do you see a difference? Yes om 8 had a law professor and images of legal text. No on 8, just says "That's a lie". Which one would you believe, if you were an undecided voter?
How about a commercial with an actual gay couple talking about some of the benefits of gay marriage like visitation rights, survivorship benefits, etc. Wouldn't a moving commercial get some of the fence-sitters onto our side?
I know what you are thinking..but remember, the virulently anti-gay population of California is not who we are trying to persuade. The other side is talking about tax exempt status and teaching kindergarten students. Lets talk about health benefits, survivorship, visitation, etc.
Thoughts?