It's still October so I would not be surpised to see the October surpise yet.
Is it not needed?
Do they know something we don't?
Or is it over and they know it?
One thing for sure a lot of money has been spent and a lot more to go but looks like it is Obama that has the money to spend.
Will it be enough to buy the Electoral Votes needed to buy the Presidency.
We'll find out shortly.
10-22-2008 No cavalry coming for McCain
For the GOP, the cavalry apparently isn?t coming.
Republicans attuned to conservative third-party efforts say that with less than two weeks to go until Election Day, the prospects for any 11th-hour, anti-Obama ad campaign are highly unlikely.
Many in the party, including inside the McCain campaign, have held out hope that a deep-pocketed benefactor would emerge to bankroll ads in the campaign?s final days ? spots that might, for example, resurrect the most incendiary clips from the Rev. Jeremiah Wright.
?It?s October 21st, and if you can?t say it by October 21st, then chances are you?re not going to say anything,? said Chris LaCivita, the strategist behind the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth in 2004. LaCivita has been working for a new conservative third-party group this year, the American Issues Project.
These sources said that after McCain didn?t use the Nashville debate to aggressively go after Obama, one prominent conservative financier remarked: ?I?m not going to bother investing anymore.?
Another GOP strategist lamented that McCain lacked a core group of rich friends who were willing to part with their money. Harold Simmons, a Dallas billionaire, underwrote the entire cost of the initial Ayers ad for AIP ? but his investment wasn?t matched by other wealthy Republicans.
?In 2004, Bush had a cadre of donors who wanted to see him succeed,? said this source, citing ?oil guys.?
?But McCain doesn?t have that, and this is where it really hurts.?
There will be some additional anti-Obama spots aired before Election Day. Mueller promised another wave of ads for clients targeting the Democrat on judicial issues and abortion.
And there remains the remote possibility that a wealthy Republican will emerge to put down some cash in the final days.
Is it not needed?
Do they know something we don't?
Or is it over and they know it?
One thing for sure a lot of money has been spent and a lot more to go but looks like it is Obama that has the money to spend.
Will it be enough to buy the Electoral Votes needed to buy the Presidency.
We'll find out shortly.
10-22-2008 No cavalry coming for McCain
For the GOP, the cavalry apparently isn?t coming.
Republicans attuned to conservative third-party efforts say that with less than two weeks to go until Election Day, the prospects for any 11th-hour, anti-Obama ad campaign are highly unlikely.
Many in the party, including inside the McCain campaign, have held out hope that a deep-pocketed benefactor would emerge to bankroll ads in the campaign?s final days ? spots that might, for example, resurrect the most incendiary clips from the Rev. Jeremiah Wright.
?It?s October 21st, and if you can?t say it by October 21st, then chances are you?re not going to say anything,? said Chris LaCivita, the strategist behind the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth in 2004. LaCivita has been working for a new conservative third-party group this year, the American Issues Project.
These sources said that after McCain didn?t use the Nashville debate to aggressively go after Obama, one prominent conservative financier remarked: ?I?m not going to bother investing anymore.?
Another GOP strategist lamented that McCain lacked a core group of rich friends who were willing to part with their money. Harold Simmons, a Dallas billionaire, underwrote the entire cost of the initial Ayers ad for AIP ? but his investment wasn?t matched by other wealthy Republicans.
?In 2004, Bush had a cadre of donors who wanted to see him succeed,? said this source, citing ?oil guys.?
?But McCain doesn?t have that, and this is where it really hurts.?
There will be some additional anti-Obama spots aired before Election Day. Mueller promised another wave of ads for clients targeting the Democrat on judicial issues and abortion.
And there remains the remote possibility that a wealthy Republican will emerge to put down some cash in the final days.
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