Sep 23 2008
Here he comes.
From Talking Points Memo:
“Obama Dramatically Ramping Up Overall Ad Spending; Now Outgunning McCain
By Greg Sargent - September 23, 2008, 6:22PM
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.
In the week ending Sept. 21, Obama spent $9.4 million on TV ads in roughly 15 states, up from $6.5 million in the week that ended two weeks ago, Evan Tracey, who tracks national ad buys for the Campaign Media Analysis Group, tells me. Tracey’s analysis is based on fresh data he obtained this afternoon.
Obama’s increased spending — which has gone up at the rate of over 20% per week over the past three weeks — is largely fueled by boosts in spending in Florida, Colorado, Nevada, and Pennsylvania, according to Tracey.
“They’re ramping up,” Tracey says. “They’re cranking up the volume.”
In contrast to Obama’s ratcheted up spending, his data shows, McCain’s outlay has held steady at around $7.5 million in roughly a dozen states — a number that Obama’s expenditures have now surpassed.
Here are some of the states where Tracey’s data shows that Obama’s spending has jumped:
* In Florida, where the jump is perhaps most dramatic, Obama’s spending has climbed to $1.9 million for the week ending on Sept. 21, from $1.2 million the week before that and $807,000 the week before that. Obama has closed in on McCain in the polls.
* In Colorado, Obama’s spending has jumped 20% a week; it’s at $810,000 for the week ending Sept. 21, up from $500,000 two weeks ago. Obama has edged ahead in the polls.
* In Nevada, where McCain has steadily held a very narrow lead, Obama’s spending is at $500,000 a week, up from $230,000 two weeks ago.
* In Pennsylvania, where Obama has led by increasingly tight margins, the Obama camp has increased its spending 20% since last week”
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It’s been kinda like watching a chess master play checkers with convicts, hasn’t it? Now that the MSM is sick of carrying McCain’s water for him, and finances have come into play in the last few weeks of the election, we get to see the full force of team Obama. Schweet.