Did You See the Finances? No Wonder Dropping in the Polls

[DemocracyInaction]

Speechless. CNN ticker this a.m. Obama spent 53 (or 55)million in the month of July, the highest month of spending so far. Ummm..for what? By contrast, McCain spent 23 million with $2 out of every $3 spent on ads. No wonder the drop in polls. I would like to go on a rant but for what purpose? The financial stats compared to the results in the polls speaks volumes. There are some bad decisions being made.

[redqueen]

1. No, McCain spent $32 million.

Not even gonna bother with the rest of the henny penny crap.

Good luck.

[Muttocracy]

2. local campaign offices? nt

[Stand and Fight]

3. It will be interesting to see what people say to you...

Especially since this was essentially the same criticism lobbed at Senator Clinton during the Primaries... :popcorn:

[GarbagemanLB]

8. No, the criticism of Hillary was her paying a million bucks a day to buy Penn doughnuts.

[Connie_Corleone]

4. Most of Obama's money went into organizing on the ground,

opening offices in the states, hiring staff in states, getting ready for GOTV in November.

McCain's money went to Tv ads.

[GarbagemanLB]

5. Organizing and paying staff members on the ground. This election will be about turnout.

Obama playing chess, McCain playing checkers.

[cliffordu]

6. I guess we should be concerned, Hmm??

[yourguide]

7. patience grasshopper

they are spending heaps of money getting offices set up all over the place. the campaign is set up in many markets that mclane hasnt looked at yet.

they are also setting up one of the largest voter registration effort that has ever been made by a candidate.

just because you cant see the results in the polls this very second, this is laying the groundwork for the next couple of months.

[Skidmore]

9. Obama is running in a lot more states that McCain.

I'm happy with what he is doing.

[MarjorieG]

10. How about antional media's coddling and presentation of McCain. for free.

[Renew Deal]

11. Go look up how many offices Obama has and get back to me.

[WeDidIt]

12. McCain has to blow his entire wad before the nomination.

Obama is building ground based infrastructure to GOTV.

You're trying to compare investment strategies here. Advertisements are short term investments and the dividends pay less the longer you go after the payout. Basically, they are designed for a very near term payoff with little staying power. Ground based operations, such as campaign offices and local staff, do not pay off until game day.

Which set of investements are going to pay bigger dividends in November?

[movonne]

13. Well are you a smarty pants...I'm sure you would run a better

campaign...we donate and he figures out how to spend it...and the polls are for crap...

[SeaLyons]

14. He's opening offices in red states....

I live in one....they've got offices all over. I think that's great.

[DefenseLawyer]

15. I hope Obama has your number.

I'm not sure how they have made it this far without you. Blind luck I guess.

[Inuca]

16. McCain has spent much more on ads

it has been said over and over in the media. If my understanding of the rules is correct, McCain has to spend all his dow now, because after the convention he only has the 7(8?)5 millions from public financing, so he has no incentive to save now. O on the other hand can use his money, current and future, when he deems best. McCain is splurging now, but things will look differently in a couple of weeks.

[dionysus]

17. i see a definite pattern of concern in your posts... like every day...

:eyes:

[monomach]

18. How about opening campaign offices and registering voters?

Not good enough for you?

How about we run ads in September and October when they'll be much fresher in people's minds come election day? Is that cool? Will you sign off on that, boss?

[high density]

19. The election is in November

Neither campaign can move the finish line up from where it is. I know the media loves talking about the national race, but that is a useless metric at this point in the game.

[stray cat]

20. Obama is investing in grassroots organization - remember get out the vote?

[rinsd]

21. Studies of spending show Obama is spending far more on infrastructure.

That is what is going to carry the day.

[Butch350]

22. Hmmmm

Maybe a Black Man running for president has to pay twice as much to stay in the game,
considering he is running against a GRAND FATHERLY wrinkled old white guy.

[my3boyz]

23. Obama is spending his money on organization! People thought he was crazy

when he was putting together his strategy for the caucuses too. It paid off!