The Nail in the Coffin???
Wednesday night, Oct. 29, at 7:00p Central Standard Time, Barack Obama aired a 30-minute television advertisement on CBS, NBC, FOX, BET, MSNBC and TV One and Univision; an attempt to give viewers some insight to who he is, where he comes from and what he is all about . The move is unprecedented in modern elections. Media expert Tracy Evans said the ad cost the Democratic nominee’s campaign at least 3.5 million dollars. She also said the daunting ad is evidence “that the Obama campaign has more money than there is ad time left to buy.”
It’s been no secret the Democrats have more disposable money in this election than the Republicans do. It’s also no secret that it takes money, and lots of it, to win elections. It can easily be argued that John Kerry could have, and would have, beaten President Bush in 2004 if he just had the money to combat 527’s and other negative ad campaigns, such as the swift boat ads. With only six days until Election Day and trailing by a sizable margin in most polls, things all ready weren’t looking good for John McCain, but things got a lot worse as of 7:00p this evening.
John McCain cannot win this election when Barack Obama is spending huge chunks of money at will on advertising. McCain and the Republican Party just don’t have the resources to compete anymore. However, the conservatives have always been better with grassroots efforts. I suppose that could be their one ray of hope.
