Barack Obama has so many different commercials in PA

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lilnsyncmami	Barack Obama has so many different commercials in PA	Lead	[-]
Posts: 4547 (10/12/2008 8:51 PM) Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Friend Block Invite Ignore	Well atleast in Philly... is there a bigger presence of Obama ads than McCain's ads all over PA and other battleground states?
LauritaK		#1	[-]
Posts: 50659 (10/13/2008 10:45 AM) Best Current Events Scoop '06 & '08 Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Friend Block Invite Ignore	I haven't seen a McCain ad for a while. Not since the last debate. Obama's are on all the time. One is on right now I just hate how loud his ads are. I don't know if it's my TV or what
beklah324		#2	[-]
Posts: 19221 (10/13/2008 1:02 PM) Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Friend Block Invite Ignore	Is WI still a battleground state? The last time I checked, about 2 days ago, Obama was ahead by about 10 points, which is interesting because we still get both ads. I've only seen the same Obama commerical over and over and over again for the last, at least 2 weeks with Obama looking at the camera asking what is change, change is a president who will blah blah blah. The attack ads against Obama by McCain and other groups are more frequent. I think in one night, I saw 3 attack ads, one right after another. The first was a McCain ad, the second was an abortion/baby rights ad attacking Obama and then after that was the same McCain ad again. I'm getting sick of it.
MercuryAdore		#3	[-]
Posts: 8245 (10/13/2008 1:07 PM) Current Events Scoop '07 Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Friend Block Invite Ignore	http://jjb.yuku.com/topic/403613 This is a little old at this point, but the spending for this week is about the same... Ad Spending Continues to Grow The Wisconsin Advertising Project reports that Sen. John McCain and Sen. Barack Obama spent over $28 million on television advertising over the last week -- $17.5 million for Obama, $11 million for McCain and the RNC. All of McCain's advertising was negative as compared to about a third of Obama's ads. Notes project director Ken Goldstein: "Ten of the fifteen states where both candidates are advertising were won by Bush in the 2004 election. The campaign is being played on the Republican side of the field this year."
LauritaK		#4	[-]
Posts: 50676 (10/13/2008 1:11 PM) Best Current Events Scoop '06 & '08 Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Friend Block Invite Ignore	http://adage.com/campaign...il/post?article_id=131653 Obama Airs 25,000 Commercials in Past Four Days Will Spend More in Final 25 Days Than McCain Will in Entire General Posted by Evan Tracey on 10.10.08 @ 05:03 PM What a week. If a 30-minute purchase on network TV is not enough evidence that Barack Obama has more money than there is TV time left to buy, then I have a Bridge to Nowhere to sell you. In terms of message imbalance between the two presidential campaigns, it is clear that a critical mass has been reached. Obama is on pace to spend more on TV in the final 25 days of this election than John McCain's entire $85 million matching-fund check. For those keeping score at home, Obama has aired more than 25,000 commercials in the past four days alone. McCain is in a shouting match against a man with a bull horn. Whatever McCain does in the final 25 days, it will not be enough to break through the noise unless his campaign finds a message that connects with voters. Timing is everything in politics, and McCain's campaign may have waited too long to play the Ayers, Rezko and Wright cards. These types of attacks do not work while voters are sweating the ups and downs of the economy and stock market. So now what? If you are McCain? You must draw down ad buys in states you cannot win and focus on the states you must. Secondly, you need to find a message that connects with voters and their economic anxiety. You need a persuasive argument about how Obama would be worse for the already fragile economy. Anything less will not get the job done. The big question for Obama is what to do with his 30 minutes of prime-time TV? I suspect it will be an epically produced closing argument that will rival those from the best courtroom TV dramas. This campaign is rewriting the rules on presidential campaign advertising. Forget the Internet for now; this is a made-for-TV campaign!