Friday, August 31, 2007

Rudy Giuliani has a new team of media consultants with a strong record of electing GOP candidates, sometimes using controversial ads

Giuliani has new media team | By LIBBY QUAID, Associated Press Writer Thu Aug 23, 5:46 PM ET

WASHINGTON - Republican presidential contender Rudy Giuliani has a new team of media consultants with a strong record of electing GOP candidates, sometimes using controversial ads.

The team is led by Heath Thompson and his Dallas-based firm, Scott Howell & Company. Thompson, as director of President Bush's 2000 campaign in South Carolina, helped Bush to an 11-point victory in that state.

Last year, a commercial made by Thompson's firm for Tennessee's U.S. Senate race was criticized for what the NAACP and others said were racial overtones. ...

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