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Politics

On That 3:00 A.M. Ad...

Marc Ambinder
March 5, 2008

I reported that it was created by Roy Spence.

My source was a Clinton campaign official who knows these things.

Turns out...

The ad was conceived by Mark Penn and created by Mandy Grunwald.

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