Posted on 10/10/2012 4:59:46 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
For the first week of this election season, Mitt Romney is outspending President Barack Obama on television ads, with the Republican challenger dipping into a war chest amassed from an aggressive fundraising schedule.
Mr. Romney will spend about $16.8 million on television ads this week, according to ad-tracking data provided by media buyers, while Mr. Obama will spend about $15.5 million, down 30% from a week earlier, when the campaign spent heavily to air a two-minute, pre-debate spot.
When spending by independent super PACs is included, the mismatch is wider. Mr. Romney and his allies will combine for $31.4 million this week, compared with $19.7 million for Mr. Obama and his supporters, according to data from one media tracker.
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I feel like I am voting in North Korea.
Don’t bad mouth North Korea. California is much more bankrupt than that country. In fact, California is the most bankrupt state in the nation. Oops, my home state of Illinois is the most bankrupt per capita. I think they’re both blue states. Surely a coincidence.
I feel like I am voting in North Korea.
Don’t bad mouth North Korea. California is much more bankrupt than that country. In fact, California is the most bankrupt state in the nation. Oops, my home state of Illinois is the most bankrupt per capita. I think they’re both blue states. Surely a coincidence.
Personally I think Romney and his PACs need to run some ads NATIONALLY.
It’s just that there is a tendency for the national conversation to eclipse or overwrite regional advertising. But on the other hand you can influence the national conversation through your ads. O knows that; that is why in ‘08 and today you see his ads on national cable tv! In theory it could be a waste, but in practice it isn’t. First, per capita it’s cheaper. Further, it’s going to influence the national numbers which influences the general feeling about who is winning. And that general feeling will have a lot to do with who wins.
Glad to hear it.
I knew that there would be few ads here as we’re dark red, but I was seeing and hearing that Romney was being dominated ad-wise in the swing states. Had Me concerned.
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