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MCCAIN OUTSPENDING OBAMA IN CORE BATTLEGROUND STATES
The Page by Mark Halperin — ... Ad maven Evan Tracey tells TPM the Arizonan’s camp has spent hundreds of thousands of dollars more (and in some cases a million more) in virtually all 11 states where both candidates are up on the air. ...

McCain far outspending Obama on TV in swing states
Jonathan Martin's Blog — Greg Sargent has some revealing numbers from CMAG' s Evan Tracey. This tells me two things: McCain is blowing through cash this summer that he can't spend after he goes into the public funding system next month and Obama's campaign is not going to overreact very easily: Iowa: McCain has spent roughly $700,000 more than Obama.  Missouri: McCain has spent roughly half a million more than Obama. Ohio: McCain has spent approximately one million more than Obama. Pennsylvania: McCain has spent roughly a million and a half more than ...

Remainders: Get Smart
Ben Smith's Blog — McCain has been very solidly outspending Obama in the core of states. Time looks at Saddleback through the abortion lens. A Saddleback spokesman addresses the cone of silence. Andrew Sullivan questions McCain’s cross-in-the-dirt story. James Fallows dissects the 47 debates so far, and thinks McCain can get under Obama’s skin. Stanley Kurtz wants the internal papers of a non-profit Obama and Ayers served on. Harry and Louise return. Jonathan Cohn ...

Mapping the Campaigns
Talking Points Memo — ... Greg Sargent has obtained some interesting new numbers which shed some light on the state of the race and the different strategies the two campaigns are employing. ...

McCain Outspending Obama in Battlegrounds
Taegan Goddard's Political Wire — "The McCain campaign has outspent the Obama camp by hundreds of thousands of dollars, and in some cases by as much as a million dollars or more, in virtually all of the nearly dozen battleground states where both campaigns are up on the air," TPM reports. ...

MORNING READ
News — ... NYT: Obama's Picked His Veep - Allahpundit, Hot Air [image] Pro-Choice VP Pick ? - Rich Lowry, The Corner [image] McCain: Aug. 29 for His VP Pick - Jerome Armstrong, MyDD [image] McCain Pre-Announces the Announcement - Marc Ambinder [image] Romney or Pawlenty on Aug. 29 - Hugh Hewitt, Townhall [image] VP Selection Critical to Momentum - P. Ruffini, Next Right [image] Ohio - Larry Kudlow, The Corner [image] McCain Outspending in Battlegrounds - G. Sargent, TPM EC [image] Martin Within Five Points ...

Under The Radar
The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan — McCain is massively outspending Obama in many swing states.

Tuesday’s campaign round-up
Political Animal — ... * Will Obama’s drive to stretch the map stretch the campaign too thin? “The McCain campaign has outspent the Obama camp by hundreds of thousands of dollars, and in some cases by as much as a million dollars or more, in virtually all of the nearly dozen battleground states where both campaigns are up on the air, according to a firm that tracks national advertising…. McCain is advertising heavily in 11 traditional battlegrounds; Obama is advertising in those same 11 plus roughly seven more; and McCain holds a heavy advantage in virtually all the 11 shared ...

Context on Battleground Spending
FiveThirtyEight: Politics Done Right — Let me start here. Talking Points Memo is, hands down, as good as it gets in political blogging/reporting. They are the gold standard. But last night, Greg Sargent at TPM's Election Central reported that John McCain was outspending Barack Obama in battleground states under this headline: ...

McCain, Obama Tax War Sparked With New Ads (VIDEO)
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed — ... Early on Wednesday morning, both Barack Obama and John McCain released ads focused on taxes. If the tone of both spots proved predictable, the amount of money being pushed into each campaign's ad was not. Though McCain has outspent Obama on paid media in battleground states so far this month, Obama's new television ad will start getting pumped into several key states today -- specifically, Colorado, Michigan, Missouri, New Hampshire, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin and Virginia. ...

Special Report: Voter Defiance in the Missouri Bellwether
The Moderate Voice — ... “We have about a dozen victory offices open [in the state],” wrote Wendy Riemann in response to our query. “The offices reach folks in rural areas as well as the larger cities. We’re pushing hard here with events, releases and grassroots efforts. McCain has visited several times and will visit several times more. We also have serious ad buys in the state.” (TPM Election Central’s Greg Sargent reported estimates August 12 that put the McCain ad-spend in Missouri at “roughly half a million more [dollars] than Obama.”) ...