McCain Cuts Ad Spending in PA by 15%

According to an analysis by Evan Tracey of Campaign Media Analysis Group sponsored by Talking Points Memo, McCain ran 336 spots in Pennsylvania last Monday but only 284 this Monday. That is a week over week 15% drop in Pennsylvania ad spending by the McCain campaign.

Memoir of a Hill Embed Alum

Athena Jones gives her rundown of 5,000+ hours covering Hillary:

I covered the once-”inevitable” nominee from September to late April, when I was reassigned to Obama’s plane. What follows is this embedded reporter’s take on the best, and only, political story I’ve ever followed on such a massive, exhausting, exhilarating, demanding scale — a close-up view

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Barack Obama Clinches the Democratic Nomination

The AP is reporting that, according to their tally, Obama has now secured enough delegates to secure the nomination for President of the Democratic Party.

From the wire service:

Barack Obama effectively clinched the Democratic presidential nomination Tuesday, based on an Associated Press tally of convention delegates, becoming the first black candidate ever to lead his party

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Barack Obama Rallies the Faithful in Pittsburgh on Primary Eve

The Obama campaign drew a huge, essentially capacity-filling crowd to Pittsburgh’s Petersen Events Center, home of Pitt Panthers basketball. The crowd began pouring in at 7:30 pm and didn’t really stop coming until Obama took the stage after 10 pm. Obama’s crowds, due to their sheer size if for no other reason, draw

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Obama Draws His Largest Crowd Ever in Philadelphia

In Philadelphia Friday night, Obama drew about 35,000 people in downtown Philadelphia, easily surpassing his previous high of 30,000 in South Carolina with Oprah Winfrey.

Sen. Barack Obama drew 35,000 people at a downtown rally tonight in Independence Park, local security officials told the campaign, making the crowd at this evening’s event his largest ever.

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