McCain outspends Obama on TV only in Maine
By Wally EdgeIn an apparent attempt to win one of the state's electoral votes, Maine is the only state in which U.S. Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) outspent U.S. Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) on television advertising last week.
Technically, McCain's expenditures were less than Obama's $75,000, but when the Republican National Committee's ads are included, advertising for McCain between Oct. 7 and 13 totaled $372,000 according to data obtained by The Fix.
Nationwide, Obama's $32 million in expenditures was double the amount spent on advertising by McCain ($10M) and the RNC ($6M) combined.
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