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Obama's Ad Advantage Continues

Barack Obama's battleground state advertising campaign continues to outpace John McCain in big numbers, according to a new analysis by the Nielsen Company. Obama placed 155 percent more TV ads in Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Missouri, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Virginia between October 6th and 26th. That's a 62,022 to 24,273 advantage, according to the analysis.

Obama is hitting Florida very heavily. In that same time period, Obama ran 18,909 ads compared to 5,702 for McCain – a 232 percent difference. Read here> for more numbers and analysis.

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