ted ▁as ▁mis communic ation ▁between ▁Cl inton ' s ▁office ▁and ▁Fer rer ' s ▁campaign ▁caused ▁some ▁sn ags ▁and ▁dis array ." ▁This ▁" problem " ▁was ▁due ▁to ▁an ▁issue ▁with ▁a ▁sound ▁system . ▁ ▁Political ▁anal yst ▁Fred ▁Sie gel ▁summar ized ▁Fer rer ' s ▁campaign ▁in ▁The ▁New ▁Republic ▁: ▁If ▁anyone ▁doubt ed ▁the ▁ha pl ess ▁nature ▁of ▁Fer rer ' s ▁campaign ▁they ▁had ▁only ▁to ▁watch ▁his ▁ad s ▁featuring ▁the ▁rot und ▁Re ver end ▁Al ▁Sh ar pton ▁s als a ▁dan cing . ▁In ▁Fernando ▁Fer rer ' s ▁losing ▁bid ▁for ▁mayor , ▁that ▁was ▁about ▁as ▁innov ative ▁as ▁things ▁got . ▁ ▁The ▁campaign ▁was ▁also ▁pl ag ued ▁by ▁re venue ▁problems ▁as ▁the ▁ad s ▁they ▁wished ▁to ▁use ▁were ▁too ▁long ▁and ▁hence ▁too ▁expensive ▁and ▁these ▁" s als a " ▁ad s ▁were ▁done ▁to ▁save ▁money ▁but ▁also ▁to ▁hopefully ▁get ▁the ▁campaign ▁some ▁needed ▁attention . ▁Sad ly , ▁the ▁focus ▁became ▁Al ▁Sh ar pton ▁and ▁the ▁others ▁used ▁in ▁these ▁ad s ▁rather ▁than ▁the ▁message ▁they ▁tried ▁to ▁convey . ▁ ▁Fer rer ' s ▁campaign ▁was ▁hurt ▁when ▁the ▁New ▁York ▁Times ▁and ▁other ▁big ▁newsp apers ▁end ors ed ▁Mike ▁Blo om berg . ▁Also , ▁Fer rer ' s ▁campaign ▁re lied ▁mainly ▁on ▁small ▁contributions , ▁compared ▁to ▁Blo om berg ' s ▁$ 9 6 ▁million ▁from ▁his ▁personal ▁billion