But the other side of the argument about the non-stop ads, is that Trumps entire campaign from 2016 and his entire presidency have already been non-stop negative "news" from the media 24/7/365. We are pretty well beginning to max out on whatever impact negative messaging from the lefties is going to have- arguably anyway. Several more ads a day saying "Trump is Adolph Hitler's illegitimate son, your dick is going to fall off, and life on this planet as we know it is going to end. I am Michael Bloomberg and I paid for this message" might not move the needle as much as some think.
It works for a while. You know for example, if ads started running bigtime saying that Bernie Sanders is a dickhead who hates women or something, then that would be a new development in the primary and could make a difference. But Trump has been on the receiving end of about all the negative news that voters can absorb for years.
It has ever been thus. Videos released showing Trump talking about grabbing pussies. He is dead in the water. Trump disses John McCain for being captured. He is ultra-dead in the water. Trump says Carli Fiorina is ugly, He is dead. Trump says Ted Cruz's wife is a bowser. He is even deader. Never survive. Except.....
The dems would be far better off to just get a good candidate. But they can't find one. It will in fact take a billion dollars worth of advertising to put lipstick on their pig in the end. Maybe a billion can do it. But I would budget for two.
As it stands now you are 100% right; it will take a billion at least. But that billion will be there and yeah I know... Carly, the disabled guy, "good people on both sides", grabbin pussy, etc etc... they're all easy and at this point trite sound-bites, and easy video clips. That's what will be interesting.
I have a feeling the power of Hollywood... (and make no mistake about it, they are incredibly good at what they do...) will come out with, even using the above sound-bites, some really attention grabbing, viewer focused works of art. Works of art. The best ever. If you can call it that.
We'll see.