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Kerry Pulls Campaign Ads From Four States
Yahoo! News (AP) ^
| 16 minutes ago
| RON FOURNIER, AP Political Writer
Posted on 09/22/2004 2:43:46 PM PDT by NewMediaFan
WASHINGTON - Bowing to political realities, Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry (news - web sites) has canceled plans to begin broadcasting television commercials in Arizona, Arkansas, Louisiana and the perennial battleground of Missouri.
The decision to shrink his political playing field reduces Kerry's strategic options — at least for now — in the homestretch of the campaign. George W. Bush won all four states in 2000, and Kerry can't win the White House without taking one or two of them away from the Republican incumbent.
The ads were scheduled to begin airing Oct. 5 as part of a $5 million investment through Nov. 2, but campaign advisers concluded Kerry isn't doing well enough in the states to justify the cost.
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TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Arizona; US: Arkansas; US: Louisiana; US: Missouri
KEYWORDS: 2004; ads; battleground; kerry; lurch
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To: section9
101
posted on
09/22/2004 4:13:17 PM PDT
by
stands2reason
(Limousine Liberal--a man who has his cake, eats his cake, and complains that other people have cake.)
To: NYC GOP Chick
If we were talking about Clinton, "pull out" would mean something else *entirely*! ;)Ewwwwwwwww.......
102
posted on
09/22/2004 4:14:11 PM PDT
by
stands2reason
(Limousine Liberal--a man who has his cake, eats his cake, and complains that other people have cake.)
To: COURAGE
"Courage."
103
posted on
09/22/2004 4:16:50 PM PDT
by
stands2reason
(Limousine Liberal--a man who has his cake, eats his cake, and complains that other people have cake.)
To: RockinRight
I think we'll be reading that by the FIRST week of October. By the end of October, he'll be withdrawing ads from Massachusetts, California, and Vermont.
104
posted on
09/22/2004 4:19:36 PM PDT
by
My2Cents
(http://www.conservativesforbush.com)
To: midftfan
If Dubya takes PA, we be popping the corks early!
105
posted on
09/22/2004 4:22:05 PM PDT
by
stands2reason
(Limousine Liberal--a man who has his cake, eats his cake, and complains that other people have cake.)
To: midftfan
we be = we'll be
Damn ebonics!
106
posted on
09/22/2004 4:23:02 PM PDT
by
stands2reason
(Limousine Liberal--a man who has his cake, eats his cake, and complains that other people have cake.)
To: NewMediaFan
If I'm ready this correctly, Kerry is admitting that he can't win. So he is pulling ads in these 4 states to keep from a total rout!
"WASHINGTON - Bowing to political realities, Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry (news - web sites) has canceled plans to begin broadcasting television commercials in Arizona, Arkansas, Louisiana and the perennial battleground of Missouri.
The decision to shrink his political playing field reduces Kerry's strategic options — at least for now — in the homestretch of the campaign. George W. Bush won all four states in 2000, and Kerry can't win the White House without taking one or two of them away from the Republican incumbent.
107
posted on
09/22/2004 4:24:30 PM PDT
by
Grampa Dave
(When will the ABCNNBC BS lunatic libs stop Rathering to Americans? Answer: NEVER!)
To: Henchster
...and am receiving new encrypted radio signals hourly. Very cool. Keep us posted.
108
posted on
09/22/2004 4:28:30 PM PDT
by
Bloody Sam Roberts
(And everything under the sun is in tune...but the sun is eclipsed by the moon.)
To: PhilDragoo
109
posted on
09/22/2004 4:28:50 PM PDT
by
Grampa Dave
(When will the ABCNNBC BS lunatic libs stop Rathering to Americans? Answer: NEVER!)
To: Bloody Sam Roberts
Unfortunately, (for Kerry) those are four states that Gore won, and only WI was close. Kerry (Ha!) would need to win at least one of the following battleground states to have any chance of winning:
Arkansas, Louisiana, Arizona, Missouri, Florida, Ohio, Colorado, West Virginia.
He just wrote off his chances in four of those because he trails, and he trails in the other four. In the meantime, Wisconsin and New Mexico, razor thin wins in 2000 for Dems, have now slipped into the Bush column, while Maryland, New Jersey, Oregon, Washington, Pennsylvania and Minnesota, all comfortable 2000 Dem wins, are now up for grabs, with Bush actually leading in Pennsylvania.
This is NOT a strategy to win, this is a strategy to save the money for an advertising blitz AFTER the Witch steps in.
/TinFoilEncryptedRadioSignals>
To: PhilDragoo; MeekOneGOP; potlatch; ntnychik; devolve; Happy2BMe; Boazo; OXENinFLA; Grampa Dave; ...
Proud to be part of the Vast Right Wing Blogosphere
111
posted on
09/22/2004 4:41:49 PM PDT
by
Smartass
(BUSH & CHENEY 2004 Si vis pacem, para bellum - Por el dedo de Dios se escribió)
To: medscribe
What has you winning NM for Bush. It is going to be very close here, & Bush is ging to have to really work it hard here to win. Denco
112
posted on
09/22/2004 4:45:44 PM PDT
by
denco
To: lormand
Hello,
Being from MO, I am loving every minute of it!!
Glad to be here, MOgirl
113
posted on
09/22/2004 4:48:15 PM PDT
by
MOgirl
(In memory of Walton Wayne Callahan, I love you forever.)
To: Recovering_Democrat
"Uparsin", no?
114
posted on
09/22/2004 4:49:58 PM PDT
by
King Prout
(yo! sKerry: "Live by the flip, die by the flop." - Frank_Discussion)
To: Smartass
haha!!
115
posted on
09/22/2004 4:51:46 PM PDT
by
MeekOneGOP
(There is only one GOOD 'RAT: one that has been voted OUT of POWER !! Straight ticket GOP!)
To: NewMediaFan
I don't care what the "polls" say, the "rumors" etc.
MAKE SURE YOUR YOU ARE CURRENTLY REGISTERED
AND ACTUALLY VOTE
DOUBLE CHECK YOUR VOTER CARD TODAY!
To: medscribe
Back in August I said can you say L-A-N-D-S-L-I-D-E.......
I knew you could.
To: midftfan
Neither candidate is campaigning in MD. But the GOP had Michael Steele (the GOP Lt. Gov.) speak at the convention. He is popular with the Black Dems. in one of the only 3 Dem. areas in the state.
Both candidates assumed that MD would be solidly Dem. I'm not so sure.
Of course, without campaigning, it's likely that most people will vote their party line.
To: medscribe
Even Maryland is tied 48/48, according to one recent poll.
To: MeekOneGOP; potlatch; ntnychik; devolve; Happy2BMe; Boazo; OXENinFLA; Grampa Dave; Lady Jag; ...
Checkout this article from William Bennett:
Morning in America
John Kerry's flip on the war in record breaking time
On Sep. 6, in Pennsylvania, John Kerry said the Iraq war was "THE WRONG WAR IN THE WRONG PLACE AT THE WRONG TIME."
On September 7, in Ohio, John Kerry said: "MORE THAN 1,000 OF AMERICA'S SONS AND DAUGHTERS HAVE NOW GIVEN THEIR LIVES ON BEHALF OF THEIR COUNTRY, ON BEHALF OF FREEDOM, IN THE WAR ON TERROR." Question: How can fighting on the behalf of our country, on behalf of freedom, in the war on terror be fighting in the wrong war in the wrong place at the wrong time?
120
posted on
09/22/2004 5:50:30 PM PDT
by
Smartass
(BUSH & CHENEY 2004 Si vis pacem, para bellum - Por el dedo de Dios se escribió)
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