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Title: Obama buys 30 minute spot on TV
Post by: donrhummy on October 09, 2008, 11:26:30 PM

http://www.reuters.com/article/televisionNews/idUSTRE4989SV20081010

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Barack Obama has purchased a half-hour of primetime television on CBS and NBC, sources confirmed Thursday.

The Obama campaign is producing a nationwide pitch to voters that will air on at least two broadcast networks. The ad will run Wednesday, October 29, at 8 p.m. -- less than a week before the November 4 general election.

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Such a move is not without precedent in modern presidential politics, however -- Ross Perot did a similar purchase in 1992.