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Politicians flinging money around in Wisconsin

By MCCLATCHY-TRIBUNE   Saturday, October 4, 2008 - 8:08 p.m.
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Oct. 4--Democrat Barack Obama has been sharply outspending Republican John McCain on TV ads in Wisconsin and other key presidential battlegrounds in recent weeks.

That edge in firepower is one more obstacle for McCain to overcome as he seeks to bounce back in the contest’s final month.

Between Sept. 16 and 29, Obama outspent McCain on TV in Wisconsin by almost 2-to-1, according to figures provided by a northern Virginia firm that monitors political advertising, TNS Media Intelligence/CMAG.

Obama spent $1,254,281 on local broadcast stations in the state.

McCain spent $657,923.

Obama has enjoyed a similar edge in other battlegrounds, after ramping up his TV spending by roughly 20% a week for the last several weeks, said Evan Tracey, of the ad-tracking firm that provided the data.




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RetiredAirForce
Oct 7, 2008 at 12:39 a.m.
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gina...is this your "guess" or do you have facts to back your claims?

gina51
Oct 5, 2008 at 10:45 p.m.
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The only reason John McCain did not spend more was because he didn't have more. Too bad he can't match Obama's contributions...

RetiredAirForce
Oct 5, 2008 at 6:40 p.m.
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Typical politics...buy what you want with other peoples money while asking for more and using scare tactics and lies to "extort" the populace into coughing more of it up.

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