AP: Kerry conceding West Virginia

[quaoar]

http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/politics/20041014-1456-campaignads.html

WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. John Kerry and the Democratic Party are running more commercials than President Bush and the Republican National Committee so far this week in many of the 14 states where both sides are concentrating their television advertising.

But the Democratic advantage probably will be fleeting. Both campaigns are adjusting their advertising now that the race has entered the homestretch.

Soon, Kerry and his party are likely to pull their ads out of West Virginia media markets that don’t bleed into adjacent states. The campaign no longer considers it a target state because Bush has opened a wide lead, a senior official familiar with Kerry’s strategy said Thursday.

The race is now focused on 10 states: Florida, Ohio, Iowa, New Mexico, Colorado, Nevada, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, New Hampshire and Minnesota. While Michigan, Oregon and Maine still are seeing heavy levels of advertising from both sides, those states appear to be leaning toward Kerry.

[aquart]

1. Link?

Because I don't see a fact here. Just a lotta supposition.

[RummyTheDummy]

3. I saw this coming and it's perfectly normal

The polls in WVA haven't been going Kerry's way. He's been slipping there, unlike all of the rest of the battleground states. This is just part of the natural order of a presidential race. Bush has all but conceeded Michigan and Pennsylvania, despite what the media and their campaign would tell you. Kerry is focusing resources on the many states that are still in play. A wise move.

[quaoar]

2. No link yet

[arwalden]

4. No Link?? So You Just Wrote That Copy Yourself?

Or you transcribed it from the TV/radio?

[quaoar]

10. No I didn't write it myself

[quaoar]

12. Here's your link

http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/politics/20041014-1456-campaignads.html

[arwalden]

14. Great!

Thank you for the link.

[goodboy]

5. He shouldn't concede anything. Pulling ads is why Gore lost Ohio...nt

[Thrill]

6. I just don't get WV

How the hell did this start being a fuking red state. They have more Democrats than Repukes. 2 Democrat Senators, and a Democrat Governor. But they have fell in love with the chimp. What gives?

[CatWoman]

7. two words: Lynndie England

[demwing]

8. A Google News search of "Kerry, Concede, West, Virginia"

turned up 4 stories, none of which talk about Kerry pulling out of West Virginia :)

[Leilani]

9. I think West Va

could be winnable, but it requires lots of time & money.

Every campaign has to make choices on where to concentrate their resources.

Perhaps the electoral vote does not justify the effort.

[codegreen]

11. then why is there a new Kerry ad on his site focusing on West Virginia?

strange.

[humanbeing]

13. found the link

http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/politics/20041014-1456-campaignads.html

Google Newsed for a random phrase in the article.

[ladybugg33]

15. Don't concede any state. Fight for it damn it!!

If ads are not cost beneficial put some foot-work into it and grind it out. Door to door. Supermarkets, farmers' markets, coal mines, hospitals, get Byrd stumping!!

[Eric J in MN]

16. The polls are closer in Virignia than West Virginia.

Mabye he should try there.

And we need Bill Clinton in radio ads in Arkansas.