November 1, 2004

THAT'S ODD

Today, for the first time in the campaign, I heard two pro-Bush ads on local radio. One, focussing on Senator Kerry's record of national defense flip-flops, was from the campaign. The other was an anti-partial-birth-abortion anti-Kerry ad from an independent group. The local station can be heard in western Massachusetts and northern Connecticut. Can anyone come up with a plausible explanation on why this money was being spent in this area today?

Posted by David Cohen at November 1, 2004 6:09 PM
Comments

David: Was it on a nationally syndicated show perhaps? Maybe the bot the whole footprint for some reason.

Posted by: John Resnick at November 1, 2004 6:12 PM

John: The anti-abortion ad was on Rush sometime around 2:00. Did anyone else hear it? But I still find it odd that they would spend money to buy a national ad, when that means airing the ad once in Springfield Ma, rather than multiple times in Springfield Oh, Springfield Fl or Springfield Pa.

The campaign ad was on the Howie Carr show, which comes out of Boston, so it might have been aimed at NH.

Posted by: David Cohen at November 1, 2004 6:41 PM

How long in advance does one purchase radio ads anyway? I've been a bit confused by the total lack of TV/radio ads from the Republicans (on the stations I listen to) compared to the veritable flood from Dems and supportive 527s (on the stations I listen to) in Honolulu.

Posted by: brian at November 1, 2004 6:44 PM

I've been hearing anti-abortion, anti-Kerry ads on WABC (Rush) for the past week, but they're from Right-To-Life, not Bush/Cheney.

I'm in NJ.

I just heard a security-mom commercial during Mark Levin's show. They didn't endorse Bush, but you could tell who they were pulling for.

Posted by: NKR at November 1, 2004 7:34 PM

Does the transmitter reach New Hampshire? Maybe through retransmitters?

Posted by: Starshatterer at November 1, 2004 10:09 PM

I heard the partial-birth abortion ad on Rush at around 11:30am Pacific. I have tuned out the radio and television political news for the last week or so, so I don't know if this has been a frequent ad here in Seattle.

Posted by: Pat H at November 1, 2004 11:38 PM

The Lowell Sun and the Cape Cod papers endorsed W.

MA will be interesting.

How much power does Romney have to appoint an R as senator?

Posted by: Sandy P at November 2, 2004 12:16 AM
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