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The economy might be tanking, but the presidential campaigns are doing their part to help the bottom lines of TV stations and networks.
A monitoring group reported today that Democrat Barack Obama has spent $27 million on TV ads and Republican John McCain another $21 million since Obama clinched the nomination on June 3 and the general election campaign basically started.
The 100,000-plus airings between June 3 and July 26 are far more than the 77,000 during the same period in 2004, when President Bush and Senator John F. Kerry broke all advertising records for a presidential race.
What a complete waste of money; and the robo-calls haven't yet begun.