"Finkelstein ran a modern, slick campaign," said Philip Friedman, a campaign and polling consultant in New York.

So instead of informing drinkers about health and safety risks, they bombard us with $2 billion worth of slick promotional campaigns annually.

No slick promotional campaign featuring Derrick Coleman is going to fool anyone.

Favoured by Mr Khamenei, he is running a slick campaign using western-style polling methods.

"Labor had the more flashy, slick campaign," Mr. Waller of Harris Research said.

Anyone looking for a slick political campaign won't find it on the hustings with Paul E. Tsongas.

After lacklustre efforts in recent years, it aims to compete with slick campaigns like "100% Pure New Zealand".

The result can be a slick campaign that seems more Madison Avenue than municipal government.

Their slick campaigns do not pitch opportunities to share the joys of Shakespeare or Toni Morrison, either.

The candidate has run a very slick campaign and is expected to win with a healthy majority.