Posted on 10/11/2008 11:16:14 PM PDT by word_warrior_bob
John McCain's campaign and the Republican National Committee plan to spend "upwards of $160 million" in the final weeks of the presidential race, according to a senior McCain adviser.
This will represent a massive counter-attack to combat Barack Obama's lopsided spending advantage to date.
The McCain adviser told FOX News that, while Obama is outspending them in all but two of 14 battleground states, "that will change over the last four weeks."
As national and battleground state polls show McCain trailing Obama consistently, McCain is urging voters not to count him out.
"In case you missed it, this is about the seventh or eighth time that pundits have said 'McCain's campaign is in trouble,'" he told Wisconsin voters Thursday. "We fooled them then and we will fool them again."
(Excerpt) Read more at elections.foxnews.com ...
I swear I had not yet read your post when I put up #118....:))
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What can I say? Great minds think alike.
Great trike, btw!
Thanks for the picture! I think there are many people thinking the same way.
Unfortunately, most Americans aren’t paying attention until almost the last minute.
Why waste the ammo?
God, please save our Republic!
Finally some good news. I believe that $160 million is enough for us to close the gap in most battleground states like Ohio, Florida, and Missouri while it comes down to few crucial states like Virginia and Colorado.
Soros will just send him more illegal money.
Hannity’s America special is tonight at 9:00 Eastern as far as I know and covering Obama’s “younger days” and on....Sean said no other media would put this truth out!
Frankly, John, the whole idea of an America-hating Marxist Obama as POTUS & CINC scares the...
Frankly, John, the whole idea of an America-hating Marxist Obama as POTUS & CINC scares the...
If you and others give up, they have achieved their end.
What if this is ALSO by plan...suddenly...over the last few weeks...yard signs pop up overnight like toadstools...”McCain/Palin surging!
it’s possible...
Yes, the GOP usually waits until the last two weeks before spending the bulk of its money.
A wise decision since most people aren't really thinking about the election until then.
Do you think anyone other than a rapid Obama supporter is going to listen 30 minutes to his empty rhetoric?
Probably the most distinctive characteristic of the successful politician is selective cowardice. Richard Harris
“Do you think anyone other than a rapid Obama supporter is going to listen 30 minutes to his empty rhetoric?”
Absolutely not! By the time he starts his rhetoric after ACORN has more legs...it will look like an act of desperation. Now, if McCain would do a 15 minute segment OR Hannity of Obama and his corruption...this might make some impact and help....could lead up to it but stating NEW evidence of corruption will be broadcast....
Polls moving McCain, 200 + Million coming. Obama will not survive the onslaught of money.
Yes, McCain has done a good job in keeping it close and now as it moves toward Nov. he is a good position to make his move.
People forget that Carter had a 20 pt lead on Ford and Ford closed the gap greatly at the end.
Clinton had a 16pt lead over Dole and only won by 8.
Democrats need to have a double digit lead going into Nov. if they hope to win the WH.
The Democrats do their big spending early hoping to get that big lead and hold it.
A 3pt lead (with an oversampling of Democrats) is not the lead that will hold up as we move into Nov.
Exactly!
The more people see of this guy, the less they like of him.
Where is the 'Obama mania' that was going on early in the primary campaign?
I see no evidence that there is any great enthusiasm to get this guy into the WH.
Amazing how many on this forum are willing to ignore historical trends and use propaganda “polls” as their evidence. I guess some people are just negative and defeatist by nature.
Yes, and these same people will invoke the name of Reagan, who was an optimist.
How quickly they forget that the Democrats were happy when he was nominated.
The polls didn't break towards Reagan until the last week of the election.
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