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Clinton, Obama Campaigns Said to Be Considering Network Ad Buys
Last updated: August 7, 2008 - 10:58am
CLINTON, OBAMA CAMPAIGNS SAID TO BE CONSIDERING NETWORK AD BUYS
Facing the daunting task of reaching voters in more than 20 states that hold primaries on Super Tuesday, Feb. 5, Sen. Hillary Clinton's and Sen. Barack Obama's campaigns have started to examine purchasing network TV time.
http://www.tvweek.com/news/2008/01/clinton_obama_campaigns_said_t.php
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* Obama's National Ad
Sen Barack Obama (D-IL) has begun showing a one-minute national ad on CNN and MSNBC. The biographical piece introduces Sen Obama to the massive Super Tuesday electorate that still might not know very much about his background. It plays like a mini-documentary, complete with the requisite swelling music and testimonials from bipartisan colleagues.
http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/01/21/obamas-national-ad/
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