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Greg Sargent
Obama Dramatically Ramping Up Overall Ad Spending; Now Outgunning McCain
Submitted by Benton Foundation on September 24, 2008 - 9:35pmLast updated: September 25, 2008 - 8:13am
In a sign that the Obama campaign is getting serious about tapping his financial advantage over McCain with six weeks to go, Obama's overall spending on TV ads has jumped 50% in the last two weeks, while McCain's has held steady -- and Obama is now outspending his rival even as he's up on the air in more states.
McCain Campaign Quietly Starts Buying Ad Time On The National Networks
Submitted by Benton Foundation on September 9, 2008 - 8:50pmLast updated: September 9, 2008 - 8:51pm
In an unusual move, the McCain campaign has quietly started buying ad time on the national networks, a strategy that for the most part hasn't really been pursued on a large scale in presidential campaigns for at least two decades.
CBS Sidesteps Questions About Editing Of McCain Interview
Submitted by Benton Foundation on July 23, 2008 - 8:25pmLast updated: July 24, 2008 - 4:55pm
CBS is under attack because the network mysteriously edited out of an interview with John McCain a passage where McCain flubbed the timeline of the Anbar Awakening and the surge, a serious foreign policy gaffe at a sensitive moment for the Arizona Senator.
McCain Adviser: We're Outspending Obama Three-To-One On TV Ads
Submitted by Benton Foundation on July 10, 2008 - 8:33pmOn A McCain conference call about the combined $94 million he and the republican National Committee have in cash on hand, campaign manager Rick Davis claimed that they were outspending the Obama campaign by a large margin.
