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October 8, 2026

Maybe We Can Buy Some Ads for the Other Guy?

After half a billion dollars in Republican midterm ad spending, a focus group offers one painfully simple way to change voters’ minds.

Editorial cartoon in a 2026 midterm voter focus group. Exhausted voters sit behind one-way glass while campaign consultants review stacks of paid advertising invoices and a calculator showing $500,000,000 in campaign spending. Asked what it would take to change his vote, a voter says, Stop showing me political ads. A consultant replies, Maybe we can buy some ads for the other guy?