You know what this means. Those September fundraising numbers will scare the hell out of every one.

Any idea on how much this would cost? I mean CBS is supposed to be a done deal, they're close with NBC and reached out to Fox.

I assume it will be a live "fireside chat" type of deal, I don't think there is any chance it would be a canned commercial.

Potentially during game 6 of the World Series? WTF?!? Doesn't seem to be the smartest scheduling...

I was also wondering about the game 6 conflict... !!!

By the way, my favorite breaking news of the day:

Alaska supreme court dismiss GOP appeal to stall the trooper gate investigation.

Josh Marshall, staying true to his wit, reports "YOU BETCHA."

http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2008/10/court_throws_out_gop_effort_to.php

Fox plans to only air the opening credits, then will mysteriously have "transmission issues", but then suddenly come back on the second the end credits start.

And keep the money!

Well, that should burn off the rest of the campaign money. It was either that or sponsor a fifty dollar bill fight in Time Square.

I am SO EXCITED about this media buy! Wow! McCain must be really nervous now.

Hey, wait a minute... Do we want to make him that nervous? He's already a sleaze machine the way things are now.

I sure hope he or his campaign or the Bush administration or his redneck supporters don't do anything REALLY vile, if you know what I mean.

The first thing this tells us is that Obama hauled in a whole lot of dough last month. I seriously doubt they would do it if it had to have commercials. Obama being all serious, cut to Preparation H commercial.

My opinion, based on nothing in particular, is that he will announce his administration team. Buffet as Treasurer, Clark as SOD, etc. If there was anyone feeling still a little hesitant about voting about someone "green behind the ears," this will assure them that the country is good hands.

McCain's too busy to be nervous by this tv buy - he's too busy working up the spin about Obama's "physical threat" to him with the "Say it to my face." comment with Charlie Gibson.

Who wants to bet no later than Saturday there will be ads cut and being aired about Obama's "angry side"?

Hype,

If you're referring to my being "too late" with my comments, I was the one who originally posted that comment about McCain making a big deal out of Obama's "Say it to my face." comment in a different thread.

I also like to repeat myself.

I also like to repeat myself.

Damn, there I go again...

Damn, there I go again...

World Series? No problem. Red Sox in 4.

Acamus & Tena,

Agreed, too! It could also be a counter-punch to any last minute "circling wolves" ad or a Bin Laden video that will be brought out by the GOP the final week as well.

Hyper,

I was jackin' with ya! I agree with you and you're right. I balance celebration and caution so both spectrums and scenarios are covered.

The ticker on MSNBC just now said, "McCain admits campaign is in trouble at rally today."

Does anyone know what he said?

I wouldn't worry too much about being opposite the Series. As people are pointing out, the series won't start immediately at 8 PM EST.

If I were the Obama Campaign, I would do at least the *last* one of these as a live speach at a good sized arena/venue. We all know how good Obama is in speaking to a crowd, and a large setting seems to bring out the best in him. Use it as his "take home" speach. I frankly would get it closer to Tuesday than Wed the week before.

On the other ones...

A faux Town Hall wouldn't be a bad idea for one, getting people to ask questions and Obama connecting. Limit it so that there is time to talk about it, and some follow up... possibly even Obama wisely asking people what their concerns are, and then how he would address them. Perhaps "4 Key Issues" since each would them get about 5 minutes to be talked about.

Perhaps in a closely related formar, a "Round Table" with Obama, Biden... and perhaps 2-3 other key Dems who can hit the talking points and Obama/Biden can go back and forth with. Perhaps Webb on Iraq. Perhaps Debbie Wasserman Schultz on Social Security/Medicare... I know there are more senior members of Congress who might be better wonks, but she is a young up & comer and the party needs it. Plus she's FLA, and that's a good time to push it to haul that state into the Blue column. And economic speaker... don't know who our best speaker is beyond Obama.

Healthcare? Of course bring in the heavy hitter in HRC. Find the common ground between her and Obama to talk Big Picture on the extreme need for a health care fix *now*, and don't worry too much about the details. Key things to hit would be that (i) this could have been fixed back in the 90s, (ii) the Republicans blocked it, (iii) healthcare cost have grown X% while wages have grown Y%, while (iv) Z% of adults have lost healthcare since then along with A% of children. There's a lot of ground to cover getting across The Problem that exists and the Committment the Dems have to solve it without getting into the Details.

I think I would open with the Economy, then hit Iraq and Foreign Policy, then hit Social Security/Medicre in the briefest segment, which leads naturally into health care as the closer. The Economy is Issue #1 for people, so it should lead off. But Obama and HRC sitting down to talk Healthcare is the "top draw" to hook people into sticking around. Webb, with Biden piling on, going fire & brimstone on how the Republicans have screwed things up is good Red Meat in the second segment. SS/Medicare is a bridge, expressing Dem committment to a key issue to a specific target group (not just retirees but *near* retirees who are seeing their 401K's tank) at a critical iss.

Anyway... an idea. ;) Plus this late in the game, if we're playing for Landslide & Coat Tails, we need to get over the Dem Brand and not just Obama. That the Dems have a *team* of leaders like Webb and HRC joining hands with Obama to build to the future, and not just "The One" that the wingnuts like to throw at him.

I'm not a huge fan of "profiles" and "canned" infomercials. I think they will invite people to flip away. I would avoid doing something like that. I would stick to "Live"... for whatever reason, that's what our country has become a junky of.

Stay away from the old Perot "I'm Doing A Show With A Lot Of Charts!" format. I'm a wonk, but am honest enough to know that the rest of the country isn't and that would sink.

I think those would be the formats I would stick with. Obama is great in speaches. I think he's perfectly fine answering questions from people. He also is good in give and take with his peers as we saw in some of the primary debates, and in this case it wouldn't be hostile.

Anyway... throwing shit out. ;)

John

Obama is ramping up advertising in a big way.

Here in Missouri I have seen 3 different Obama ads in the past half hour during local news.

The 30 sec "hanging by a thread" healthcare ad
The 1 minutes biography ad
and the 2 minute economic plan

Good stuff.

LOL.

Joe Scarborough just said that "erratic" is an accurate label of McCain's behavior the last few weeks.

Frankly, I am surprised at some of posts here crying about some clash with a baseball game. Really, really ??

Your world is collapsing all around you and you are cribbing about a fucking baseball game ?

The Obama campaign must have a lot of money.

God, I hope you're right with the 70/30! I'd like to think that that aren't THAT many ignorant people in this country.

i know it would drive a lot of people here nuts, but do you think that, in addition to obama making his case, there will be interviews/vignettes with lots of influential, revered people, about why they are supporting obama? like maybe ... colin powell?

Maybe he has to spend it to avoid giving it to Hillary?

Saturation baby, saturation. Endorsements would be really really fun also.

Kind of like how you know Bush has used TV to read his lies to us for like 8 years? I'm pretty sure he hasn't had to pay for any of it.

I can't wait to see Obama on my TV instead of Bush. Only McCain is worse than Bush to listen to, (I'm not his fucking 'friend' and I wish he'd quit saying it).

Not to mention the buyout of depressed mortgages to help 'Americans' - like who the fuck else are we helping - Canadian mortgages - British mortgages?

Even if Obama is totally full of shit AND a Manchurian Candidate, he's better than Bush and McCain to listen to or watch - I'd rather be lied to by someone charming and socially gifted, like Bill Clinton.

As I sit here at home in Wasilla, Alaska I'm hoping that Palin comes home and doesn't say a fucking word until the end of her term - I can't stand her 'accent' (as a lifelong Alaskan I don't know anyone who talks that way) not to mention her butchery of basic grammar - it gives me a headache - I can't believe her parents, (who are teachers) raised her to speak that way - like you know where else would she learn to talk strange in such a way - doggonit *wink - wink*... blech!