RNC out of Wisconsin, Maine; focuses on red states

[maddezmom]

Source: AP

RNC out of Wisconsin, Maine; focuses on red states
By JIM KUHNHENN – 9 minutes ago

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Republican National Committee is halting presidential ads in Wisconsin and Maine, turning much of its attention to usually Republican states where GOP nominee John McCain shows signs of faltering.

The party's independent ad operation is doubling its budget to about $10 million and focusing on crucial states such as Colorado, Missouri, Indiana and Virginia where Democrat Barack Obama has established a foothold, according to a Republican strategist familiar with presidential ad placements.

Florida and North Carolina have also been in the RNC ad mix. Pennsylvania is the only Democratic leaning swing state apparently left in the party's ad campaign.

The shift in advertising resources suggests that the RNC has decided to focus on defending reliably Republican-voting states against Obama's onslaught of advertising. Flush with money, Obama is outspending the joint efforts of the Republican Party and the McCain campaign by more than 2-1.



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[tekisui]

1. AND STAY OUT!

Good to see them leave Maine.

[eShirl]

2. and don't come back!

or I shall taunt you a second time

[But....]

20. I fart in your general direction...

[Art_from_Ark]

36. Your mother was a hamster

and your father smelt of elderberries!

[fascisthunter]

3. Go Home Fascists...

take your right wing extremism and stick it where the sun don't shine... or as my Maine neighbors say.... "Get da fuck atta hee-ahhh!

[stoge18]

4. AND YOUR LITTLE DOG TOO!

Sorry to hear that they still plan on playing in my state of Pennsylvania. Haven't seen a McSame ad here in days, though... Only a handful of 527 ads.

[felinetta]

8. McCain quietly pulling out of Pennsylvania

I heard on CNN that McCain is quietly pulling out of Pennsylvania but they don't want to look like losers and make their base more despondent. Also I imagine they want to make sure Obama keeps spending money there.

[PA Democrat]

15. This morning was the first time in weeks that no McCain ads ran during the local news.

Usually i could count on at least three during the half hour I watch every morning.

[BumRushDaShow]

19. I heard his ugly "terrorist" ad here twice on the radio in Philadelphia today

on 2 different stations (both CBS affiliates - 1 news and 1 oldies) - one as recently as this afternoon on the way home from work. Fortunately Obama is running a radio ad that is a variation on his earlier "Lose" ad, every hour on the hour, and this one addresses the Ayers issue and how Ayers was funded by the Republican establishment.. and then it reiterates how all that he has left is smears. Plus Obama is rotating that with 2 other ads - a new healthcare one and a stem cell research one.

I wish McKKKlan WOULD get the hell out of PA. HIS EPIC FAIL CAMPAIGN IS FINISHED!

[Moody]

5. Another one bites the dust! nt

[Hawkeye-X]

6. There's a rumor that RSCC is pulling out of Colorado

because of Schaeffer's plummenting polls..

Good riddance.

Now if the RNC can get the frick off my state, I'll be happy.

[EFerrari]

7. That would be huge. CO has done more to suppress the vote

than just about anyone I can think of.

[BayjanDem]

12. I would love

for McCain to leave here (Fla) alas tis but a wetdream. The northern part of this state is loaded with idiots. And the panhandle should be renamed South Alabama.

[14thColony]

16. "Lower Alabama" was always the preferred name....

I'm a northeast Floridian. You know, extreme southeast Georgia!

[Kalifornia.Kid]

9. "GTFO"

[nightrain]

10. soon all the Rethug attention will be just on Wyoming cuz so

much is turning Obama.

[n2doc]

24. I heard they are making a stand in Idaho

And maybe will hold Utah, too!

[minnesota_liberal]

30. Oh wow - Idaho's 4 electoral votes could mean a lot

[nightrain]

31. Yeah, wonder if the secessionist movement might be successful

there.. Let them have it! A new country to include Utah, Idaho, Wyoming, and Palin-land? It's beautiful land, would be a shame to have it gone from the USA, but maybe the rednecks could all move there and leave the more moderates to have the remainder of the US??

[n2doc]

35. I'd rather take back all the country

Wasn't too long ago people were calling for the south to secede again. Now it looks like Va and maybe NC are going to go our way, maybe with a bit more time we can just keep prying these states off the red side.

Marginalize the bastards everywhere!

[gratuitous]

38. Gotta hold their base somewhere

What a strategy! John McCain and Sarah Palin have us right where they want us. We're dooooooomed!

[jpak]

11. McSamus Interuptus

[stoge18]

13. Fantastic!

Best laugh I've had all day. Thank you.

[BlueDonkey08]

14. Excellent!

Good news, but we need to keep up the positive advertising!

What next, the McLamers play ads in Alaska?!?!

[14thColony]

17. In military terms...

The enemy's main defenses are breached, his reserves are all committed, and he's trying to keep his fighting withdrawal from becoming a full-on rout.

Press the attack! No quarter!

[But....]

22. Quarters for Obama

[boomerbust]

18. Buh Bye

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

[LeftyMom]

21. They're not trying to win. They're trying not to lose by an embarrassing margin.

Otherwise they'd consolidate their efforts and spending in the swing states and not in their safe states.

[undeterred]

23. Good effing riddance! AND TAKE YOUR COMMERCIALS WITH YOU!!

[muntrv]

25. Now if we can get them to pull out of the USA, we'd be set.

[pitohui]

26. that's pretty cool

we visited friends in maine this summer and were favorably impressed by the # of obama signs even tho we did not think of maine, being rural, as an area that would be favorable to a black candidate

we learned something good about human nature!

[lazyriver]

27. I thought the air was just a bit fresher here in Maine today.

[roamer65]

28. The election is pretty much over.

People know we have a nasty recession/depression coming and they want someone sympathetic to ordinary people in WH.

[Thor_MN]

29. Cut and run from Michigan, Wisconsin, can I drive you to the Dakota border?

They sure as hell didn't go to Illinois, so that means they are here in Minnesota. Negative TV commercials and flat out lying mailers prove that they are. I wish they would just go away. Can't we give the conservatives Idaho and Utah and be done with them?

[GinaMaria]

32. gotta keep him on the run

Kudos to Obama's campaign team, excellent strategy and execution.

[Vidar]

33. Drive 'em back to Texas & let Texas secede this time!

[AnneD]

34. I wish we could make Texas blue for Obama....

I don't see much advertising for anyone here except Cornyn whom I hate. Obaba has adds but really not much fot McCain.I wish he could have come here after Ike and tended the roots a bit, but we understand. We really like him down here. He'll carry Harris county (Houston).

[RetroLounge]

37. I thought it smelled better here today...

RL

[harun]

39. Best defense is a good offense. Great plan from Obama and Dean.

[MaineDem]

40. RNC still doing those nasty robocalls here in Maine

So they aren't entirely gone.