VANITY. Is the GOP/McCain out of money? Why aren't we running any tv ads.

[watsonfellow]

I thought we had money parity. Is this not the case?

[Perdogg]

I heard a great radio ad attacking Obama health care plan in Northern VA.

[Islander7]

GOP is spending nearly $160,000,000 after the debate and up to the election. :-)

[curling]

Depends where you’re at.

[rom]

Don’t shoot until you see the whites of their eyes. Hold Steady. The time will come after the Debate.

[Jeff Head]

They're wondering what to do about this:

http://www.tsgnet.com/pres.php?id=46832&altf=K1F1G1G1&altl=I1F1B1E

[CatOwner]

It seems that McCain would rather take shots at fellow Republicans than at Obama.

I pray that the undecided and swings voters aren't swayed by the preponderance of pro-Obama reporting in the MSM and by the polls.

[rlmorel]

Hehehe...I am sending that link to EVERYONE I know...

[dr4gey]

I read on a post a few days ago that the GOP had $160 million they were going to spend the last couple of weeks of the campaign. I think the strategy is to bombard the airwaves the last couple of weeks so that the most current information that voters hear are the McCain ads. I usually remember the latest information I hear....don’t know about others. Also, I imagine that the ads will be strategically aired in battleground states.

[Heartland Mom]

ROFLMAO! My daughter sent me that link a couple of weeks ago - with her dog’s name as the Presidential candidate. Very cute!

[Perdogg]

I apologize for what I said earlier. Sorry.

[zerosix]

It does depend on your location but I can tell you that there are many non-RNC ads up and running on radio, tv and the 'net, plus you never show your cards until you need to!!!!

Hint: "Know when to hold 'em, know when to fold 'em" and definitely never let your opponent know until the last minute what you are "holding."

[curth]

I think they should buy 30 minutes of network airtime for an infomercial featuring mccain and mostly Sarah Palin and book it at the same time that The Fraud plans to run his.

I just sent in another donation to get the ball rolling.

[mysterio]

I have seen a bunch of worthless GOP attack ads that are only negative and don't promote smaller, less intrusive government.

It's almost like they want to lose.

[KoRn]

Not seeing any McCain ads here in SW VA either. During prime time tonight while “House” was on, there were many Hussein ads, and no McCain ads at all.

Really, most of the McCain ads sucked anyway.

Hopefully if or when they begin running ads again, they will have some new ones.

[dr4gey]

I’ve seen Obama ads here in Texas. No chance Obama wins Texas. Let him waste his resources early and in stragetically inept areas.

[justlurking]

I created one with a friend's name. Then, I sent him a link to the video.

I wish I was there to see his reaction to that last scene.

[RockinRight]

I hope that works...it might backfire. People have begun tuning out the ads at this point.

[CatOwner]

I wasn't proud of my response either. Sorry about that.

I wish I could be upbeat like others here, but when it comes to politics, I am a pessimist. So, I understand the frustration some Freepers have at some of my posts. I really am trying to find the positives in this campaign, but McCain makes it so damn hard. See, I can't stop :(

I pray that the rest of the country finds a way to elect McCain-Palin (I'm in California - we're a lost cause for the GOP). An Obama presidency will be a nightmare.

[goodnesswins]

It’s getting late.....mail in ballots go out very soon...in many states. And, early voting is taking place in others.

[norton]

It may be California's only saving grace:
I don't think either candidate believes campaigning would make any difference at all.

[dr4gey]

You would be surprised at the number of students/people who don’t begin studying until the night before the big exam. ;^)

[ok42day]

I live in a suburb of Cleveland. One radio station I listen to has had that Obama ad where he is talking about his grandmother-I swear I hear it at least once an hr and McCain ads are practically non-existent. Same on our cable (Time-Warner)lots of Obama and very few McCain. If he wants to win Ohio he better start putting more ads out there!

[St. Louis Conservative]

I don’t think they’re out of money, but Obama is EVERYWHERE. He advertises during the NLCS, during football Sundays, Monday Night Football, during the primetime tv dramas.....he’s totally saturated. The GOP and/or conservative 527s better make a push between now and the election.

[FlipWilson]

If you feel that they are running out of money, go donate. Every little bit helps.

[Squantos]

It’s a hoot !

[Frantzie]

Th GOP RINOs screwed the party with amnesty. We had the best small (legal) donor base in history in 2000 and 2004. As soon as they started talking about amnesty - people stopped giving including me.

I am giving crazy now to fight Obama but it sucks. I think rich Repubs are giving out of fear. I hope 500,000 give $200 in the next 5 days.

The amnesty crap and not getting tough on the border killed the party and conservatives just ignored Bush. Bush has been a non issue for over year.

[watsonfellow]

What I don’t understand is what has McCain been doing with his money and the RNC etc...

Everyone keeps saying that they have all this money and that they would be on par with Obama etc and yet Obama has organized:

1) a much better ground game
and
2) advertising a great deal more

Where is McCain the GOP on all this? I think they actually want to lose.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

Here in the San Fran Bay Area, we don’t get to see ads from EITHER candidate. You’d almost think that we weren’t holding an election if it weren’t for the bumper stickers and lawn signs.

[hercuroc]

San Fran is kind of a different country

[A message]

Here in the San Fran Bay Area, we don’t get to see ads from EITHER candidate.

I've seen some 0dumbo ads here in the east bay( two over the weekend extolling his tax cuts for the non-payers) but nothing for McCain.

[webrover]

That's good. I also like the idea of an election eve address featuring both Palin and McCain being very presidential and getting in the last word.

[llandres]

“”I pray that the undecided and swings voters aren’t swayed by the preponderance of pro-Obama reporting in the MSM and by the polls.””

AMEN to that! So much is riding on tomorrow night. And, as I’ve said before, my major concern is rampant (ACORN) voter fraud - at least it’s so blatant that it’s getting media attention, press conferences, etc. Geez, just a couple of days ago, AC360 had a segment on my city, KCMO - Jackson County had uncovered 18,000 fraudulent voter registrations (so far) with FBI called in to investigate. This is happening all over the country (the voter fraud, that is - unfortunately, we all know how slow the “investigations” will be - AFTER 11/4, of course).

[llandres]

Do you still have that link, to be able to do that? Reason I ask is that I had a link similar to what you describe, but it’s since been de-activated because the originator was threatened with lawsuits by a fat-cat who felt he was missing out on revenues.

[curth]

Apparently Sarah is bringing in the big bucks!

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2105713/posts

[llandres]

“”Hint: “Know when to hold ‘em, know when to fold ‘em” and definitely never let your opponent know until the last minute what you are “holding.”

I agree, in a card game. However, it’s about more than the “opponent”, though I appreciate that. In THIS case, it’s the American people, i.e., millions of voters. THEY need to know as soon as possible, and have needed to know for quite some time now.

[PhiKapMom]

Ads have been running in South Florida since Friday so I would imagine they are in other Battleground areas. Big push starts after the debate tomorrow night.

The ads are already to go.

[zerosix]

Well, for sure, McCain's not about to show all of his cards before the last debate!!!

Hold on - they are coming.

People are anxious, angry and frustrated but the game of politics (and it IS a game) is played out as each side has their chance to make a point.

The last public point is NOT before the last debate so that one's opponent (Obama in this case) is able to stroll into the debate and swat down all of your ad statements (with the help of the MSM, of course.)

Remember, that not only does McCain camp need to be able to play offense and defense at the same time but Obama has his own billions plus all of the FREE MSM cheerleading constantly for him.

[JennysCool]

They’re all over the place here in Nevada — it depends on if you’re in a “swing state” or not.

[Salvation]

Dated, but it has the donation link.

Dear ------,

Heading into the final 34 days of the election, the momentum is growing for our campaign to bring change and reform to Washington, D.C.

Over 2 million concerned citizens have made an investment to support my campaign and the RNC Victory 2008 program.  I am grateful to every Republican grassroots activist who has made the commitment to help elect Republicans up and down the ticket on November 4th.  But we must continue to build our Party and ensure we have the resources to win.

Our goal now is to reach 3 million supporters by October 31st.  I am confident we can reach this number if you and every Republican that receives this message make a secure online contribution of $5, $10, $50, $100, $250 or whatever you can afford to support RNC Victory 2008 today.

[philetus]

I think McCain’s taking a dive.

[snowstorm12]

I see Obama ads mostly on cable. I see Obama ads on many channels. It’s mostly the stupid ad about middle class not getting any tax cuts under Mccain and Obama will give 95% of people a tax cut. It shows a pic of a sad little girl frowning. lame!

[FlipWilson]

No offense, but Obama has crapola for a ground game and has run an inept campaign. Really, Obama’s ground game is ACORN. Who is that one working out for him. McCain, as wrongheaded as he is, was kicking Obama’s arse UNTIL (gasp) the great, so called, “Wall Street Crisis” intervened to save Obama. The formula being simple, economy bad, Republican in White House, democrat wins. Face it, Obama didn’t do well in primaries, only in the caucuses where his thugocracy, the aforementioned ACORN, could intimidate and manipulate. If the economy was in half way decent shape or even stablized, Obama would be toast.

McCain’s challenge is not to get a good ground game. His challenge is to formulate a coherent message. . .hmmm like a conservative message. (How about this: stop 50% of the population from free riding by reforming the tax system) He has to stick with a conservative message, stay negative on Obama and start ignoring what his mistress the MSM says about him.

[radiohead]

I’m in Iowa. There’s no dearth of McCain ads here.

[ExGeeEye]

The old fighter pilot has been circling at altitude. When he judges he’s in position to come in on Hussein’s six, he will “turn and burn”.

[PureSolace]

We have learned that most American’s can’t remember anything further than the previous two weeks...

Expect the RNC War Chest to open soon!

[nutmeg]

I don’t think they’re out of money, but Obama is EVERYWHERE. He advertises during the NLCS, during football Sundays, Monday Night Football, during the primetime tv dramas.....he’s totally saturated. The GOP and/or conservative 527s better make a push between now and the election.

Yup, and I've seen Obama's ads on NESN (New England Sports Network), home of the Boston Red Sox, Boston Bruins, etc. New England is pretty much deep blue, except for New Hampshire, although it's getting bluer by the minute.

No McCain ads on NESN.... what IS going on with the McCain campaign???

[I_be_tc]

LATER

[Heartland Mom]

I have the link my daughter sent to my work account - but it has her puppy’s name in it. No option to insert your own. I’ll send that to you, if that would help. Let me know.

[MikeFrancesa.com]

Dr4Grey, hope you are right about the 160 million, I’m tired of listening to the news stories that Obama is running 1360 negative ads to McCain’s 8 in Northern Virginia, I mean at what point does the Obama saturation become propaganda, I don’t even think Obama is a person, he is like a corporation, a brand name.

There is also a theory that I think was in play during the primaries that people get sick of ads and there might have been a backlash against Obama but this is getting crazy, I hope that 160 million story is true.