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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.

(Excerpt) Read more at story.news.yahoo.com ...


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: Smartass; Prime Choice

>> Kerry and his "New Directions for the Demrats" - BTT


121 posted on 09/22/2004 6:00:45 PM PDT by Happy2BMe
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To: Smartass
He's SUPER Flipper!!


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Click HERE for more Flip Flops


122 posted on 09/22/2004 6:02:20 PM PDT by MeekOneGOP (There is only one GOOD 'RAT: one that has been voted OUT of POWER !! Straight ticket GOP!)
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To: All

When they start talking "coat-tails" we will know its a done deal. That day is coming....


123 posted on 09/22/2004 6:04:07 PM PDT by Vermont Lt (I am not from Vermont. I lived there for four years and that was enough.)
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To: Smartass

I listen to Bill Bennett every morning on my way to work...and then when I get to work.


124 posted on 09/22/2004 6:06:23 PM PDT by OXENinFLA (John Kerry: Giving aid and comfort to the enemies of the US since 1970.)
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If Bush wins Penn, and I think he will, it's over, and I mean early in the night -- 7 ET.

Sure, no MSM outlet will call it then, but there it will be lit up in Red, and its meaning will not be lacking. With three hours left to vote on the Left Coast...

But back to Big Mo real quick. Can't win without it. So why is Kerry leaving? Someone pointed out that House/Senate guys don't want to be seen with him, and that's true enough, but there has to be more to it. And the more to it is the African-American vote -- has anyone seen a Democratic presidential candidate so singularly unfazed by his failure to connect with the traditional black vote? Not in my lifetime...

Lurch's whole Thurston Howell oeuvre has never played well in the hood (you don't see a lot of windboards in Newark). I think they'll sit on their hands this year for the first time since Reagan's '84. Nothing the Dums can do will overcome that loss.

125 posted on 09/22/2004 6:10:45 PM PDT by StAnDeliver
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To: LiveFreeOrDie2001
Clarification: "Pull out = Pull out a win ! :)

As far as Kerry is concerned, there will be a
"Substantial Penalty for early Withdrawal."

126 posted on 09/22/2004 6:23:21 PM PDT by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
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To: section9

[Off-topic]

Clicked on your ID.

You are the first link I've seen in a long time to the
"Evil Bert" photo taken with Osama bin Laden.

I remember seeing photos of pro-Osama protestors after
9-11, whose signs had photos of Osama and Bert together.
I'm afraid I don't have the link anymore (you can find it
on Google, though).

American cultural hegemony, anyone?


127 posted on 09/22/2004 6:34:08 PM PDT by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
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To: bass fiddler

Kerry IS NOT taking WV. His speech on extending the AWB killed any chance he had at that.


128 posted on 09/22/2004 6:40:39 PM PDT by meatloaf
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To: Pete

bump for the morning.
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129 posted on 09/22/2004 6:55:22 PM PDT by AFPhys ((.Praying for President Bush, our troops, their families, and all my American neighbors..))
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To: NewMediaFan

Kerry is facing the reality that at the current time a liberal Democrat just can't win in the south in a presidential race. He's also admitting that the campaign has adopted a strategy of winning the election with a bare minimun of electoral votes. The problem is Bush is competitive in a number of the states that Kerry must win. Bush has the luxury of losing a state or two, but Kerry doesn't. My gut tells me at the highest levels of the Democratic Party they've already written Kerry off and they'll start concentrating resources and time on some of the closer Senate races in order to try and win control of that body.


130 posted on 09/22/2004 6:59:49 PM PDT by midftfan
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To: not-alone

Can you imagine what he is paying for his "staff"???


131 posted on 09/22/2004 7:07:44 PM PDT by jackbill
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To: dirtboy

that's funny


132 posted on 09/22/2004 7:35:01 PM PDT by wrathof59 (semper ubi sub ubi)
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To: NewMediaFan

And, he's going more and more negative. Not a good strategy.....but, the only one he's got.


133 posted on 09/22/2004 8:55:01 PM PDT by Thumper1960 ("It is true that liberty is precious; so precious that it must be carefully rationed."-V.I.Lenin)
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