WASHINGTON — Barack Obama is outspending John McCain at nearly a 3-to-1 clip on TV time in the final weeks of the presidential election, according to ad buy information obtained by ‘s “The Fix” column. That edge is almost certainly contributing to the momentum for the Democrat in key battleground states.
From Sept. 30 to Oct. 6, Obama spent more than $20 million on television ads in 17 states, including more than $3 million in Pennsylvania and more than $2 million each in Florida, Michigan and Pennsylvania. McCain in that same time frame spent $7.2 million in 14 states. Even when the Republican National Committee’s independent expenditure spending in Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia and Wisconsin is factored in (a total of $5.3 million), Obama still outspent the GOP forces by roughly $8 million in the past week alone.
