Posted on 10/10/2008 7:48:22 PM PDT by FocusNexus
Barack Obama's presidential campaign is getting a bargain for the half-hour of Oct. 29 primetime it's bought on CBS and NBC.
The Democratic presidential candidate's camp is paying under $1 million to each network to run the programming it will produce for the first half-hour of primetime that Wednesday night, less than a week before the election. This is considerably less than the networks would otherwise get for the 10-11 ad "units" they run during that half hour, between 8 and 8:30 p.m.
Obama is not getting a price break; the campaign will be charged what's called the "lowest unit cost," in compliance with federal law.
(Excerpt) Read more at voices.washingtonpost.com ...
Thats 3 million for 3 spots, Im sure McCain has 3 million...he should do the same....
wonder what they would charge mccain?
McCain certainly should buy 30 min. on Oct. 30 at those same bargain prices...but he should let Sarah Palin give the speech. God love him...he’s a snoozer.
This is ridiculous. How can the networks be considered anything but shills.
If he doesn't, he will doubtlessly lose. Since it's that cheap, McCain should do all 4 networks(CBS,NBC,ABC, and FOX). Of course they will probably charge McCain 20 million per spot.
Astonishing that the networks didn’t pay Obama for the privilege.
McCain doesn’t have that kind of cash to throw around.
I agree that he’s a snoozer - I didn’t even watch his debate but I watch Sarah every chance I get.
Truth be told, I’m voting for Sarah.
If it is shown in Missouri, does Barry go to jail for lying about himself? I’m sure Delaware AG Biden would fight to make sure McCain gets the same deal for TV show time featuring Larry Sinclair.
I think McCain should buy air time for SEAN HANNITY to present the Obama Associations show, that would be better than Mac trying to explain it!
Looks like average rates for a 30 SECOND ad during primetime is $300,000 to $600,000.
Obama is surely getting a bargain.
http://www.frankwbaker.com/2006_2007_ad_rates.htm
The networks said that McCain can buy at the same price as Obama. Of course he would have to find a suitable time, preferably not stacked up against some high-rated show or football game.
And Obama has a LOT more money than McCain. Crooked bundlers, liberal billionaires, George Soros, Foreign money, you name it.
Finally, he gave a great speech at the convention, but he can’t do that one again. He’s just not a great speaker. And he can’t very well send Sarah against Obama, that would be a confession of his own weakness.
So, what to do? Maybe hope that Obama goes over the top like he did in Berlin, and turns people off?
His campaign doesn't have 3 or 4 million to spend?
They do, but it is better spent on 30 second ads.
It’s the affirmative action discount.
Like I said months ago, the media went all in and McCain is still deciding on his final bet or waiting for his last card. It would be nice if he at least appeared he wanted to win.
shocked
Mao:
“Revolution is not a dinner party, not an essay, nor a painting, nor a piece of embroidery; it cannot be advanced softly, gradually, carefully, considerately, respectfully, politely, plainly and modestly.”
I don't think so. 30 minutes talking directly to the people unfiltered by the press would be devastating to the other candidate if gone unanswered by the other campaign in a close race. McCain MUST answer this with equivalent air time of his own if he wants to win.
Could we all agree that Obama’s teleprompter flips out, and he has to wing it? Let’s all agree he can’t remember what the written speech says, and see if he can do as well as Palin did when her teleprompter didn’t work right at RNC.
His wife does.
If a favorite program were being bumped for political air time it would tick some people off enough to not vote for that candidate.
Do they still do Test Patterns? Have watched one or two back when. The Indian Head was best.
You are correct.
Screw Mccain! Lets get rush to buy a half hour right after the zero gets done. Someone is going to have to drag mccain over the finish line kicking and screaming
Can’t wait to hear the Dear Leader speak.
Whatever happened to the liberal media actually trying to at least *pretend* that they’re not really liberal (”We don’t take sids - wink wink, nudge nudge!”). Why don’t they just hand over the keys to the buildings to his staff and get it over with?
I think 15 minutes would suffice. He should be sitting in a comfortable chair in a professional like setting and just talk to the people. He should start by acknowledging the anger and fear people are feeling and then lay out his plan for rebuilding the economy.
1. Working with borrower and lenders to renegotiate troubled mortgages to 30 year fixed mortgages at 5.25% interest, and offering borrowers the opportunity to insure other mortgages in an FHA like program that borrowers can buy into for a per mortgage fee.
2. Change the rules for IRA/401Ks to allow participants to save any amount they want with the same tax benefit as the present program. Repeal the requirement that at age 70 and half you must begin removing your assets. Allow for emergency withdraws with no penalty at the normal tax rates for the participant.
3. Lower capital gain taxes to 0% for anyone making less than $250,000 and 15% for those above. Lower Corporate taxes to a level equal to those of other low tax countries.
4. Retain the Bush tax cuts and repeal the death tax.
5. And explain the he will pay for these tax cuts by cutting government spending, cutting unnecessary government regulations and sunsetting government programs that are no longer needed.
He should then finish by making a statement that if elected he will empower his Attorney General/DOJ to find and punish all those responsible for the present financial crisis. He should follow that with a statement similar to the one Sarah made at the debate about cutting our reliance on government, re-instilling a national sense of self restraint, self reliance and a rekindling of the spirit of community. And then wrap it up by asking not only for our vote, but also that we send a conservative, Republican Senate and House to DC to help make those promises reality.
If the people still vote for a socialist then we no where we stand in this country.
Frankly, I don't know how many people would tune in to 30-60 minutes of any politician's drivel. Short, meaty spots during shows people watch would be much more effective. 0bama throwing big money around is no way to convince people he's one of them. This will backfire.
I'd be curious to know how many hits he's gotten on his Dish network channel and how long people stay tuned to it.
Why would our nation give a domestic terrorist sympathizer airtime??? Obama lies more than he tells the truth. His people must know that it's easy for undecideds to reject Obama’s lies.
So will McCain get the same bargain price?
* Lets get rush to buy a half hour right after the zero gets done.*
Devastating!
He’d only need 15 minutes to bury Obama.
Networks would charge him their top rate though.
Yes, the networks said McCain would get the same price, assuming he can find a good spot. These things do fill up.
If he decided on a 15-minute time slot, that would be another question. What would the networks run on the other 15 minutes? Half a show? Six flaming liberals tearing McCain’s speech apart?
I think he would almost HAVE to take half an hour, and maybe give 10 or 15 minutes to Sarah Palin.
Unless he takes half an hour, the price would probably not be half what Obama paid, because of the obvious complications.
I like that idea. Half an hour, as the John & Sarah show. It works great at rallies, why not on TV? In fact, maybe they could schedule a rally on prime time TV, with a live audience filtered for trolls. So far that is where they have both done best.
Ha.
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