NYT: Obama Spends Heavily to Seek Knockout Blow

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/02/us/politics/02primary.html?ex=1205038800&en=0de0fd8976c51368&ei=5043&partner=EXCITE

By ADAM NAGOURNEY
Published: March 2, 2008

COLUMBUS, Ohio —Taking advantage of his huge financial edge, Senator Barack Obama is buying large amounts of advertising and building extensive get-out-the-vote operations in Ohio and Texas in an effort to deal Hillary Rodham Clinton twin defeats on Tuesday that could end her bid for the presidency.

The intensity of Mr. Obama’s drive is especially apparent on television, where, using his huge financial advantage, he has outspent Mrs. Clinton by nearly two to one in the two states, helping him to eat deeply into double-digit leads in polls that she held just weeks ago.

But after a month in which she raised $32 million — a remarkable sum but still less than the $50 million or more brought in by Mr. Obama — Mrs. Clinton is fighting back. Their expenditures, combined with a travel schedule that sent Mrs. Clinton and Mr. Obama and their surrogates from border to border in Texas and Ohio, reflect the expectation that the voting on Tuesday may be climactic. Mrs. Clinton’s advisers have suggested that she will bow out of the race if she falters in either state, after 11 straight losses.

Their face-offs are not just on television. Mr. Obama has a town-hall-style meeting in Westerville, Ohio, on Sunday afternoon. Mrs. Clinton just announced one there, too. Mr. Obama will be at Westerville Central High School, Mrs. Clinton at Westerville North High School.

Polls show the race deadlocked in Texas, while Mrs. Clinton’s lead in Ohio has been whittled away, though she does still lead.

“Senator Obama is spending a lot of money on TV — if this can be purchased, he can win it,” Gov. Ted Strickland, who has campaigned across the state with Mrs. Clinton, said in an interview. “I think we’ve survived the initial blast of the Obama phenomenon, and we’re now holding steady.”

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but if he doesn't get both TX and OH (and I'm not sure he will) then she will drag it out to the convention.

In her next election.

Hillary will win re-election in NY no matter what happens here.

Steve

no substance just same ol' same ol'..it's not as if hilary doesn't have the market cornered on bullshit.

Senator Clinton is a fine US Senator. Many people seem to have forgotten that. I wish Nebraska had such a Senator to carry our (blue) flag.

happen to her, I think she is doing exactly what the corrupt system wants her to do.

on our local news station every 10 min of every hour in Rhode Island. It's overkill.. But then Obama has a habit of shooting himself in the foot, doesn't he?

Also, I can't help but chuckle every time I see that sig line of yours--it helps me to remember where you're coming from.

That can be her last stand.

Also my Birthday is the day after PA votes and I know what I want for my Birthday this year.

Presidential Bid, $175 million. Hillary's concession, Priceless

I'll be so glad when she drops out. I think this last week or two has just been awful for the party.
I want to move into GE mode so we can mobilize to kick some Repub ASS! :D

at those that have truly earned our scorn.

Considering how much Hillary had, it was only natural for Obama
supporters to want to donate and have a fair playing field. It just
so happens that more people want Obama to be the president. Such
is life.

:cry: :cry: :cry:

Don't blame Obama for outraising Hillary.

to morph into zombies for the interim. Hopefully they will regain their own personas when their leader implodes.

:thumbsup:

Think that a 2-1 margin reflects how important the HRC camp knows this is and is burning through their $35M to try and slow BHO's momentum. The Clinton camp wants this to go to Denver in the hope of swinging the establishment Super Delegates in the backrooms. How else do you explain the "RI will decide" story line they are pushing?

... and the widespread excitement he generates, not the cash.

Which is it for Team Clinton? They raised $35 million or they don't have enough money?!

If she has $35 mil and she's only spending $1.5 mil in Ohio, that sounds really stupid and incompetent.

Let's hope these people get put out of their misery on Tuesday.

. . . in these campaigns, except for the open, vicious contempt Obama supporters here show daily for the 10 million or so Americans who support Hillary Clinton, or who intend to support her in the upcoming elections.

Politically speaking, it is probably true that Obama does not need to sweat the policy details. He has so far made it to the brink of success in the Democratic race

without specifics. Instead, his admiring crowds appear content to chant “Yes We Can” without bothering to finish the sentence.~~ Craig crawford