(Kerry) and His Allies Keep Up With Tempo of Bush Ads

Los Angeles Times:

THE RACE TO THE WHITE HOUSE
Senator and His Allies Keep Up With Tempo of Bush Ads
TV race between incumbent and rivals is close in some key markets, data show.

By Nick Anderson, Times Staff Writer


WASHINGTON — Since the Democratic nomination was all but settled March 2, President Bush has spent millions of dollars more than his foes in the first television advertising battles of the general election.

But Democrat John F. Kerry and a coalition of anti-Bush groups are now matching the president and even outspending him in some key markets, according to data compiled for The Times....

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The data provided to The Times on Monday showed that Bush spent more than $7.2 million on commercials aired in major markets in 18 contested states and about $430,000 on several national cable channels from March 4 through Saturday. Kerry, who began a counterattack only last weekend, spent $100,000 on the only day in that period when he was on the air: Saturday.

But Kerry was not alone.

The Media Fund, led by veteran Democratic strategist Harold M. Ickes, weighed in during that time in contested states with $1.7 million worth of TV ads attacking the president. MoveOn.org, led by Silicon Valley entrepreneur Wes Boyd, spent another $3 million to do the same. In addition, a group called the New Democrat Network spent about $13,000 on Spanish-language ads that criticized the president and supported Democrats....


http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-na-ads16mar16,1,3658529.story?coll=la-home-politics

I wish that we got some of those ads here in MS, I have only seen the Move-on ad once and that was on CNN.

months. I've been staggering donations between DK and JK and various groups, but, the money crunch is on, and the GOP is pulling their typical tricks against Dem organizations.

Whatever I send now will be very much needed.

Whatever we can spare will help....

John Kerry
https://contribute3.johnkerry.com/contribute.html?team=54

Moveon.org (to help air EXCELLENT Polygraph ad and get DVD in return)
https://www.moveonvoterfund.org/donate/dvd.html

(I work for neither of these orgs)