August 28, 2007

8/28: Campaigns Of The Rich & Famous

With such a small gap between the first four (five if you count FL) WH '08 contests (starting 1/14 in IA and ending 1/29 in SC) it's entirely possible that past polling bumps for early contest winners won't have time to materialize. If so, the 2/5 nat'l primary could prove decisive. As expensive as those 2/5 media markets are, however, don't expect Barack Obama to leverage his cash advantage over the airwaves. AS Zach Exley reports on The Huffington Post, it appears Team Obama would prefer to pour their millions into an unprecented nationwide primary campaign GOTV operation. If you still needed proof that a compressed primary schedule would only allow the top fundraisers to be competitive, this is it.

Posted by Conn Carroll at August 28, 2007 01:04 PM