0bama may be low, but he’s not cheating on this.
McCain unilaterally gave up the time slots.
It was stupid because running ads doesn’t interfere with getting work done in Washington.
It was brilliant because everyone has their attention glued to what is going on in Washington right now. Why waste money on ads when Obama and the rest of the democrats can show his true colors live on national TV.
The new ads, when they come out, may have a totally different focus based upon these events and McCain has conserved his $$$ to play them.
You need to learn to play the game. Politics is just as much about perception. If things were reversed the networks would be screaming even refusing to run ads for McCain.
It does save his campaign money to run adds latter. Also the spotlight is on him now and he isn’t having to pay anything for that.
“It was stupid because running ads doesn’t interfere with getting work done in Washington.”
It was about being true to his word on “suspending his campaign” until resolution on the bailout gridlock. Not running ads has to be included in that. Otherwise, “They’d” jump right on him for being hypocritical (like BHO is - oh, but HE never gets called on it).