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Paul Steinhauser
Ad wars: Obama buys more, Clinton sets tempo
Submitted by Benton Foundation on April 29, 2008 - 7:44amWhen it comes to campaign commercials, Sens. Barack Obama (D-IL) and Hillary Clinton (D-NY) are going where no candidate has gone before. "Obama and Clinton have spent a combined $110 million on TV ads to this point; we've had a race that's literally gone on since last summer for ad spending," said Evan Tracey of TNS Media Intelligence/Campaign Media Analysis Group, CNN's consultants on campaign commercials.
