In perhaps the safest sign that the opposition truly thinks it is winning the current electoral contest we are seeing what was simply unthinkable 6 months ago: electoral ads for AD and COPEI!!! The one below has been hitting TV this week when AD is celebrating its 69 anniversary (you cannot make things like that up!). It comes with AD anthem included, an anthem I had not heard in, well, I better do not tell......COPEI also has its ads, no music (AD has always been the one with the catchy jingles and solemn pomposity). But in one Enrique Mendoza is starring. I remember when he run for election in 2000 under his own vehicle pretending that he was not COPEI anymore..... Now he is the camera huger of COPEI ads.....
I am not too sure what to make of this except that the united opposition must believe in its victory strongly enough that even old parties like AD and COPEI have decided to run ads least the votes go all to PJ, UNT and other "upstarts". As for the value of the ad, well, let's forget it; though I am sure it has a nostalgic appeal to those who are 40 or older, probably the target of AD this time around. What matters here is the daring of putting up such an ad. Heck! It even includes faded red shirts!!!! (PS: imagine the conniption fit of Chavez if AD gets 15 seats!)