Fierce Early Spending Saps Campaigns
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The top candidates in both parties find their bank accounts depleted just as the most expensive phase of the race is about to begin.
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Democratic presidential challenger John F. Kerry begins the fall campaign on the defensive and faces the urgent necessity to make the race about the economy and other domestic
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LONDON (CBS.MW) - Advertising spending on the US election this year is expected around $1.5 billion, ahead of WPP Group&#39;s initial projection at around $1 billion, the financial director of the London-based group confirmed Friday.
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Facts and figures on spending in the presidential race:
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Propelled by a boom in political campaign budgets, ad spending in the major media tracked by Nielsen Media Research rose 6.4 percent during the first half of 2004, according to estimates released Tuesday by Nielsen&#39;s Monitor-Plus unit. The automotive ...
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Republican and Democratic party strategists are rethinking their spending, shoving money for television advertising into states where their candidates need a boost and shaving it from contests that appear safe or hopeless.
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MARK Latham attacked yesterday&#39;s Coalition policy launch as a &quot;willy-nilly&quot; spending spree aimed at buying votes, which would drive up interest rates.
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Facts and figures on political action committee spending in the presidential race since Labor Day:
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The 2004 US presidential election is set to smash all spending records according to an independent study, which estimates that more than a billion dollars will be spent on the race for the White House by election day.
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Of course the candidates are trying to muscle endorsements early. Why public officials should hang loose.
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After months of grand rhetoric, endless fundraising and heavy campaigning, the 2008 presidential race kicks into even higher gear this week at the start of a four-month sprint to the first votes.
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John Kerry cut his campaign spending sharply last month in an effort to stretch &#36;75 million in government funding, but he still started September with several million less than President Bush.
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US consumers opened their wallets and purses in a big way in September, with spending shooting up 0.6 percent. Joseph Zeppieri of West Melbourne looks at new vehicles at Kelly Ford in Melbourne.
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A fresh wave of ads pushed President Bush's spending to nearly &#36;46 million for July, the Republican's highest level since he launched the first ad blitz of his re-election campaign in March, a campaign finance report filed Friday shows.
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This was supposed to be the first election that reined in the big political money used to underwrite past negative attacks, but outside groups have exploited the nation's new campaign finance law to raise millions for hard-hitting commercials.
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Given the frantic pace at which presidential and congressional campaigning has taken off in the earliest weeks of the 2007-08 cycle, it comes as no surprise that Democratic strategists are front-loading their  program as well.
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Robert L. Johnsonâs calendar has become very crowded, thanks to a high-powered push to start and buy several companies.