Here's an interesting question: Does the candidate care more about reforming the system if they spend more on advertising their health insurance plan? If you think the answer is yes, then that candidate is Illinois Senator Barack Obama.
Senator Barack Obama has spent $113 million on advertising his health care plan on television. This includes 192,000 commercials during 2008, reported Politico. Also, Obama has blown 68 percent of his advertising budget on health care alone. In October alone, his campaign will raise spending to 86 percent of that budget.
Those numbers, in a word, dwarf the spending by Senator John McCain's campaign. Senator McCain only could muster 11,300 commercials for health insurance reform this year - and he only spent $261,000 this month promoting his health reform plan on TV. In fact, Obama's total spending on health care is $29 million more than McCain's total bank roll for the entire campaign.
We are wondering if Obama's spending has results to back it up. A Kaiser Health Tracking Poll shows that 54 percent of voters agree with Obama on the topic of health insurance. Only 25 percent agree with McCain's. Obviously, Obama has more of an edge here.
This shows that indeed the Democrat in this election is focused on health care reform, but it doesn't necessarily mean he actually cares more than his Republican counterpart. Why? Obama has the money to spend on whatever he wants. In September alone, Obama has raised an unprecedented $150 million - that's $5 million a day! McCain only has $84 million to spend in total for this whole General Election. No wonder Obama can dominate television with his health care ads. - 15275
Senator Barack Obama has spent $113 million on advertising his health care plan on television. This includes 192,000 commercials during 2008, reported Politico. Also, Obama has blown 68 percent of his advertising budget on health care alone. In October alone, his campaign will raise spending to 86 percent of that budget.
Those numbers, in a word, dwarf the spending by Senator John McCain's campaign. Senator McCain only could muster 11,300 commercials for health insurance reform this year - and he only spent $261,000 this month promoting his health reform plan on TV. In fact, Obama's total spending on health care is $29 million more than McCain's total bank roll for the entire campaign.
We are wondering if Obama's spending has results to back it up. A Kaiser Health Tracking Poll shows that 54 percent of voters agree with Obama on the topic of health insurance. Only 25 percent agree with McCain's. Obviously, Obama has more of an edge here.
This shows that indeed the Democrat in this election is focused on health care reform, but it doesn't necessarily mean he actually cares more than his Republican counterpart. Why? Obama has the money to spend on whatever he wants. In September alone, Obama has raised an unprecedented $150 million - that's $5 million a day! McCain only has $84 million to spend in total for this whole General Election. No wonder Obama can dominate television with his health care ads. - 15275
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