fivethirtyeight.com - 7/30/2008
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Here's something interesting: a tally of campaign ad spending over the past seven weeks, as tallied by TNS Media Intelligence and reported by the New York Times . There's lots of interesting stuff to look at there, but what about those Florida numbers? The Obama campaign has bought more advertising time there than anywhere else, whereas McCain has spent absolutely nothing. Two months ago, ...
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Daily Kos —
... advantage. As much as Republicans pretended, during the Democratic primary, to prefer Obama as their opponent, the fact is Hillary Clinton would’ve run a traditional campaign focused on traditional swing states. Obama poses a much deeper threat to the GOP’s future in every state of the union, from the bluest to the reddest. More GOP "fiscal conservatism" at work. Nate Silver looks at the Obama offensive in Florida. Two months ago, Florida looked like a strong McCain state -- ...
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By Patrick Appel Where the candidates are spending their money.
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Baseball Crank —
Let me just say how glad I am that John Weaver and Mike Murphy are not running McCain's campaign.
In fact, recent signs from McCain's message operation, his speeches, his ad strategy, and the whining, complaining and shrieking coming from Obama's camp in response to McCain's ads all point to a campaign that has found its voice, hammering consistently on Obama's weak points: national security, energy, inexperience.
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RedState: Conservative News and Community —
... This is a shift toward McCain since the last SUSA poll in Feb.
More importantly, it's a shift from three recent pollsters who have
shown Obama up 2 (Rasmussen, Quinnipiac, and PPP (D)). Considering
McCain has spent $0 in FL while
Obama has spent $5 million (more than any other state), it is
great news for McCain that he still holds a small lead. ...
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