Someone has posed an thought provoking question- Does the Presidential Candidate who spends more money on advertising their health plan equal the one who cares most about it? If you answered yes to this question, then the candidate who qualifies for this would be Barack Obama.
Senator Obama has spent a staggering $113 million for advertising his health care plan on television, equaling 192,000 commercials in total for the year, reported Politico. Even more, Obama has spent 68 percent of his total advertising budget on health care. This month alone, the Obama campaign increased spending to 86 percent of the total 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.
So, the question is whether Obama's spending has shown any results? A Kaiser Health Tracking Poll says that 54 percent of voters side with Obama's plan, while only 25 percent side with McCain. AS you can see, Obama has an edge there.
While this shows that Obama is indeed focused on health care reform, it doesn't mean he care more than McCain does. Obama has much more money to spend on whatever he wishes. In September alone he raised $150 million! That is outrageous. McCain has $84 million in total to spend for the entire General Election. It is no wonder Obama is dominating the television commercials.
Senator Obama has spent a staggering $113 million for advertising his health care plan on television, equaling 192,000 commercials in total for the year, reported Politico. Even more, Obama has spent 68 percent of his total advertising budget on health care. This month alone, the Obama campaign increased spending to 86 percent of the total 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.
So, the question is whether Obama's spending has shown any results? A Kaiser Health Tracking Poll says that 54 percent of voters side with Obama's plan, while only 25 percent side with McCain. AS you can see, Obama has an edge there.
While this shows that Obama is indeed focused on health care reform, it doesn't mean he care more than McCain does. Obama has much more money to spend on whatever he wishes. In September alone he raised $150 million! That is outrageous. McCain has $84 million in total to spend for the entire General Election. It is no wonder Obama is dominating the television commercials.
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