When jaded congressman Cam Brady commits a series of public gaffes, he loses his major backers who decide to get behind a naive and malleable alternative, Marty Huggins, in the upcoming elections. The Campaign is more than just a Ferrell / Galifianakis vehicle; it has a substantial number of juvenile and offensive moments that boarder on genius, effectively keeping its ‘sweetness’ in a brutal headlock almost till the end.