McCain Outspending Obama By Hundreds Of Thousands In Many Core Battleground States

[dkf]

The McCain campaign has outspent the Obama camp by hundreds of thousands of dollars, and in some cases by as much as a million dollars or more, in virtually all of the nearly dozen battleground states where both campaigns are up on the air, according to a firm that tracks national advertising.

Evan Tracey, the chief operating officer of TNS Media Intelligence/Campaign Media Analysis Group, confirmed to us in response to our questions that McCain's campaign has racked up a huge ad spending advantage in what he called "traditional battleground states," the states that both campaigns are sinking cash into.

McCain is advertising heavily in 11 traditional battlegrounds; Obama is advertising in those same 11 plus roughly seven more; and McCain holds a heavy advantage in virtually all the 11 shared states.

The comparison is significant, and in one sense it lends comfort to Obama, because McCain has not been able to pull ahead in those states despite vastly outspending him in them. But the flip-side of this is that Obama has not been able to make significant enough headway in many of the seven states where Obama has the airwaves to himself.

http://tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com/2008/08/ad_buyer_mccain_outspending_ob.php

[quantass]

1. Its a very smart strategy of him to hold back until it matters (when it gets closer)

Remember that McCain has to use all hsi money before the the convention while Obama has to manage his...for me i think it is more wiser to push the big ads more heavily when people are more aware and listening which will be in Sept-Nov...with the olympics going and so many months away for anything else to matter i feel it is a waste of money to go nutz....

The positive thing i see is that ads work and so when Obama goes nutz it will be a perfect time for him.

[dkf]

2. I wonder though if Obama's ads are effective.

He blasted them at Hillary and it didn't seem to do much good.

[depakid]

4. Kerry and Dukakis thought the same thing

they waited and waited- and they lost.

[truthisfreedom]

3. Obama has to learn how to discomfort McCone's voters.

That's what ROve does, but Obama can do it truthfully... because McCone is a piece of living shit and has so much negative baggage that he's worthless as a politician.

[dkf]

5. Obama's high road is beginning to drive me batty.

I also think that the things the right would find most offensive about McCain are simply unknown to them.

[demnan]

6. Seems like there's a McCain ad on the air

every 5 minutes in the DC area. And as a precinct captain for Obama, I can't even get bumperstickers because our three field organizers can't get them. You see McCain stickers everywhere.