Obama Lays Down Massive TV Campaign
Submitted by Jeff on Wed, 02/20/2008 - 9:54pm.
Going for the kill, the Obama campaign is shelling out twice as much money for TV advertising in Ohio as the Clinton campaign:
While no dollar amounts were released for Obama's ad buy, Bob Clegg, a long-time media specialist at Midwest Communications and Media in Columbus, described it somewhere between "very large and huge" on a statewide basis.Obama's ad campaign is viewed as crucial in a state where Clinton's lead may be well into double digits.
Clegg said Obama's campaign even purchased airtime for three separate ads in the Cincinnati market, usually not a priority for Democrats because it is a Republican stronghold and much of the advertising is "wasted" because the market includes portions of Indiana and Kentucky.
Hillary Clinton's ad purchases, including a new one that began yesterday, are probably half of Obama's total thus far, he said.
Where's all the money coming from? The Obama campaign previously annonced that he had raised $32 million in January, but recently adjusted the figure to $36 million, leading reporter Jim Kuhnhenn to desribe him as "the financial juggernaut in the presidential race."
It makes sense that he'd advertise in Republican areas
Ohio, Republicans have been using the Obama campaign as a way to win the White House in November. Obama supporters often talk about Hillary Clinton in the most ugly and distasteful ways -- in a way, that Democrats never used to. Hillary Clinton has never done anything to deserve the hatred that the GOP has heaped on her, anything except try to get universal health care passed, and she certainly hasn't done anything to warrant Democrats talking about her as though she is evil and wicked. This is all a GOP strategy to divide the democratic party, and cross-over vote Obama and then cross-back and give him the same racist, sexist, disgusting treatment they've been giving Hillary. Please don't let this strategy succeed. Vote for Hillary, the only real democrat running in '08.
Hillary's plans are good for labor, for families, for children, for minorities and she is strong on national security. Obama's plans on the other hand, don't protect jobs, don't cover families, don't regulate businesses stopping them from predatory lending practices -- he is socially very conservative. The freshman senator with no armed services or foreign affairs experience is weak on national security. He says unadvised and ill informed things regarding foreign relations.
We democrats need you Ohio. Please don't let the GOP pick the democratic nominee...please vote for Hillary today.