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Obama swamped McCain on local airwaves

Posted by Foon Rhee, deputy national political editor November 25, 2008 12:34 PM

Barack Obama's presidential campaign vastly outspent Republican rival John McCain's on local TV, winning the message war on the way to turning traditionally Republican states and winning the election.

The final ad buy report from Nielsen Media Research, released this afternoon, shows that Obama aired 419,667 local ads, compared to 269,992 for McCain, between June and November.

McCain stayed closer on national cable and network buys, going back to January. Obama aired 3,004 of those spots, compared to 2,868 for McCain.

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Obama is saying and doing the right things so far, he deserves all the credit. However, after he gets things back on track, he needs to tackle something that he himself flip flopped on - CAMPAIGN FINANCE REFORM.

Posted by Brian G. Beaudry November 25, 08 01:26 PM
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Building his new goverment faster then every other president-elect before him is obamas way to campaign in georgia. His, rahms and pelosis reaching out to the republicans has to be seen in the same way. It is fascinating that the republicans don't realize that. It proves once more that Barack is thinking much more out of the box as everybody else. In the end the only thing what his opponents can do is analyzing their defeats once again.

Posted by maz hess November 26, 08 05:35 AM
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saxby will win georgia. the pres-elect got elected without my tax dollars.i due not check the box on my 1040 form,i'm impressed!

Posted by john q public November 26, 08 07:39 PM
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