Bill
04-05-2008, 11:12 PM
I kind of enjoy all the Obama ads on the local channels.
I like his repeated promise to only give tax breaks to companies that create jobs in the US, and to take away tax breaks from companies outsourcing jobs.
Don't know if it's entirely practical, but I like the sound of it. Concentrating on internal security for the country.
http://www.usnews.com/usnews/politics/bulletin/bulletin_080404.htm
The AP reports this morning that Sen. Barack Obama "raked in" $40 million last month leaving Sen. Hillary Clinton "and her $20 million in the fundraising dust and stuffing his campaign treasury so he can outspend her in the crucial Pennsylvania primary." Obama's "haul in new donations also buttressed his argument to Democratic superdelegates that he has built a vast network of donors and volunteers that they wouldn't want to lose by denying him the nomination."
ABC World News added, "In California today, Hillary Clinton said she fully expected Barack Obama to raise and spend more money than her." Clinton said, "I am being outspent." Snow: "The Obama campaign says about half of the people who contributed to that $40 million raised in March were first-time donors, giving on average 96 bucks." The CBS Evening News also said Obama raised "double what Hillary Clinton's campaign raised." NBC Nightly News said it was Obama's "second-highest monthly total."
In a posting on its "The Swamp" politics blog, the Chicago Tribune reports Obama "already had more in the bank -- about $30 million on hand to spend as of March 1, compared with about $11 million for Clinton." The New York Times adds, "In recent weeks," the Clinton camp "has been dogged by reports that it has been late in paying its creditors, including health insurance premiums for campaign workers, although aides to Mrs. Clinton said the delays were not reflective of a cash squeeze."
Obama Heavily Outspending Clinton In Key States
The Wall Street Journal said Obama's take "was less than the record-breaking $55 million he raised in February," but still it has allowed him to outspend Clinton on TV in the key battleground of Pennsylvania "about 3-to-1 so far." USA Today cites Campaign Media Analysis Group tracking that shows Obama "has spent about $3 million on television ads in Pennsylvania in advance of the state's primary April 22, compared with about $830,000 by Clinton." In a posting on its "The Trail" politics blog, the Washington Post says, "What does $40 million a month buy a presidential candidate? A whole lot of airtime and office space." Obama's "copious cash flow means he can compete as aggressively in the final Democratic contests as he did in the early days of the primary campaign. ... In North Carolina, one of the two vital May 6 states, the Obama campaign's office count has risen to 16, including smaller locales like Hickory, Boone and Elizabeth City. Two Obama television ads are airing around the state, at a total cost of $800,000, according to a source familiar with the campaign's media budget." In Indiana, Obama has spent over $1 million on ads, and his "office tally climbed today to 17."
I like his repeated promise to only give tax breaks to companies that create jobs in the US, and to take away tax breaks from companies outsourcing jobs.
Don't know if it's entirely practical, but I like the sound of it. Concentrating on internal security for the country.
http://www.usnews.com/usnews/politics/bulletin/bulletin_080404.htm
The AP reports this morning that Sen. Barack Obama "raked in" $40 million last month leaving Sen. Hillary Clinton "and her $20 million in the fundraising dust and stuffing his campaign treasury so he can outspend her in the crucial Pennsylvania primary." Obama's "haul in new donations also buttressed his argument to Democratic superdelegates that he has built a vast network of donors and volunteers that they wouldn't want to lose by denying him the nomination."
ABC World News added, "In California today, Hillary Clinton said she fully expected Barack Obama to raise and spend more money than her." Clinton said, "I am being outspent." Snow: "The Obama campaign says about half of the people who contributed to that $40 million raised in March were first-time donors, giving on average 96 bucks." The CBS Evening News also said Obama raised "double what Hillary Clinton's campaign raised." NBC Nightly News said it was Obama's "second-highest monthly total."
In a posting on its "The Swamp" politics blog, the Chicago Tribune reports Obama "already had more in the bank -- about $30 million on hand to spend as of March 1, compared with about $11 million for Clinton." The New York Times adds, "In recent weeks," the Clinton camp "has been dogged by reports that it has been late in paying its creditors, including health insurance premiums for campaign workers, although aides to Mrs. Clinton said the delays were not reflective of a cash squeeze."
Obama Heavily Outspending Clinton In Key States
The Wall Street Journal said Obama's take "was less than the record-breaking $55 million he raised in February," but still it has allowed him to outspend Clinton on TV in the key battleground of Pennsylvania "about 3-to-1 so far." USA Today cites Campaign Media Analysis Group tracking that shows Obama "has spent about $3 million on television ads in Pennsylvania in advance of the state's primary April 22, compared with about $830,000 by Clinton." In a posting on its "The Trail" politics blog, the Washington Post says, "What does $40 million a month buy a presidential candidate? A whole lot of airtime and office space." Obama's "copious cash flow means he can compete as aggressively in the final Democratic contests as he did in the early days of the primary campaign. ... In North Carolina, one of the two vital May 6 states, the Obama campaign's office count has risen to 16, including smaller locales like Hickory, Boone and Elizabeth City. Two Obama television ads are airing around the state, at a total cost of $800,000, according to a source familiar with the campaign's media budget." In Indiana, Obama has spent over $1 million on ads, and his "office tally climbed today to 17."