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Presidential Race

Obama Camp Flexes Spending Power with 30-min. Primetime Ad Buy

By Alexis Matsui on October 9, 2008

Sen. Barack Obama’s campaign will air a half-hour special on CBS on Oct. 29 at 8 p.m., the network reported, adding that the campaign is in talks with NBC and Fox for similar deals.

he ad buy is the latest evidence of the Obama campaign’s massive campaign funds. Republican presidential hopeful Sen. John McCain, who is subject to the limitations accorded with accepting public funding, has been spending much less across the country than his opponent, and has not reported plans to make a similar primetime purchase.

“This is another indication, if there needs to be any more, that Barack Obama’s got more money than television time to buy,” Campaign Media Analysis Group head Evan Tracey said, according to James Hibbard’s The Live Feed.

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Candidates Light Up the Airwaves With Strategic Ad Buys

By Alexis Matsui on October 9, 2008

Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama is outspending his Republican opponent Sen. John McCain in fifteen critical states as Nov. 4’s election approaches, new figures show.

Sen. Barack Obama; AP Photo

The Obama campaign spent over $17 million in TV ads from Sept. 28 through Oct. 4, while McCain spent just under $11 million, a new study by the University of Wisconsin-Madison Advertising Project reported Wednesday.

On Monday, Oct. 6, alone, the Illinois senator spent $3.3 million on television ads, while McCain’s ad spending totaled $900,000.

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Candidates to Answer to Undecided Voters in Nashville Debate

By Alexis Matsui on October 7, 2008

In a presidential race mired in recent sharpened attacks, Sen. John McCain and Sen. Barack Obama will answer to undecided voters in Tuesday night’s town hall-style presidential debate, the second of three before Nov. 4th’s election.

Belmont University, AP Photo

The debate, held at Belmont University in Nashville, Tenn., will be moderated by NBC’s Tom Brokaw and will feature chosen questions from an audience of 80 undecided voters as well as a few questions sent in to Brokaw.

Unlike the first presidential debate, candidates will answer questions straight from voters, making it tougher for them to launch attacks against their opponent or to stray from the question to other talking points.

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Campaigns Go on the Attack With New Ads and Old Controversies

By Alexis Matsui on October 6, 2008
Sen. Barack Obama’s campaign e-mailed a new video ad to supporters Monday reminding them of Sen. John McCain’s mid-career scandal involving a corrupt savings and loan owner — a quick retort after McCain’s running mate Sarah Palin blasted Obama’s ties...

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McCain Ad Targets Biden Ahead of VP Debate

By Anna Shoup on October 2, 2008
In an ad released the day of the first - and only - vice presidential debate, Republican John McCain’s campaign calls out Democratic vice presidential candidate Joe Biden’s tendency to slip up on the campaign trail. “What might Joe Biden...

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Campaigns Offer Two Very Different Visions for Health Care

By Political Desk on September 30, 2008
In Rx for Change, a MacNeil/Lehrer Productions special, health care experts and campaign officials debate the state of the American medical system and which presidential candidate may do more to improve care....

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Reporter's Notebook: Judy Woodruff Previews 'Battleground: Florida' Series

By Steve Goldbloom on September 29, 2008
Senior correspondent Judy Woodruff spoke with the NewsHour’s Steve Goldbloom about her recent reporting trip through the battleground state of Florida. The first of her three reports focuses on the economy and airs Monday. Woodruff described the different voting groups...

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McCain Agrees to Debate Obama Amid Bailout Negotiations

By Alexis Matsui on September 26, 2008
Despite his call earlier this week to postpone Friday night’s first presidential debate, aides to GOP nominee John McCain announced the senator will participate. On Wednesday, McCain announced that he would not debate Democratic rival Sen. Barack Obama unless Congress...

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As Debate Uncertainty Lingers, Candidates Address Clinton Initiative

By Alexis Matsui on September 25, 2008
As uncertainty swirls around the fate of their first debate on Friday, presidential hopefuls Sen. John McCain and Sen. Barack Obama addressed former President Bill Clinton’s Global Initiative in New York Thursday, sounding similar themes on cooperating with international and...

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McCain's Call to Postpone Debate Rebuffed by Obama, Debate Commission

By Anna Shoup on September 24, 2008
Republican candidate Sen. John McCain asked that Friday’s first presidential debate be postponed to allow him and Democratic rival Barack Obama to return to Washington and work on the proposed $700 billion economic bailout, but his suggestion was quickly set...
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