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Obama Led Opponent in Spending in August
The Obama campaign spent $53 million, the McCain campaign spent $41 million, and both campaigns got a fund-raising boost from the selection of Sarah Palin as John McCain’s running mate. >
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The Early Word: Candidates on the Bailout
The Caucus — ... , including former Secretary of State Henry A. Kissinger and President Álvaro Uribe of Colombia, President Hamid Karzai of Afghanistan, President Jalal Talabani of Iraq, President Asif Ali Zardari of Pakistan and President Mikheil Saakashvili of Georgia, according to The Times’s Elisabeth Bumiller. Fund-raising The Obama campaign, which raised a hefty sum during the month of August spent $53 million, more than half of which went to advertising, The Times’s Michael Luo reports. The McCain campaign, meanwhile, spent $41 million with $23 million of that total going ...

Missing The Target
LiberalOasis : The Blog — ... But it highlights one of the difficulties McCain has in spending campaign money, even though McCain and the RNC combined started this month with more money in hand than Obama and the DNC. ...

Missing The Target
The Hollywood Liberal — ... and RNC need to lump in Obama with congressional “allies,” so technically, it’s not just about the presidential campaign. Even when the charge doesn’t make any sense. That flaw is far from the main reason why McCain is failing to either articulate a consistent message on the economy or offer a reassuring presence in a time of crisis. But it highlights one of the difficulties McCain has in spending campaign money, even though McCain and the RNC combined started this month with more money in hand than Obama and the DNC. This entry was posted on Wednesday, ...

Missing The Target
The Hollywood Liberal — ... and RNC need to lump in Obama with congressional “allies,” so technically, it’s not just about the presidential campaign. Even when the charge doesn’t make any sense. That flaw is far from the main reason why McCain is failing to either articulate a consistent message on the economy or offer a reassuring presence in a time of crisis. But it highlights one of the difficulties McCain has in spending campaign money, even though McCain and the RNC combined started this month with more money in hand than Obama and the DNC. This entry was posted on Thursday, ...

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