Kerry Campaign Pulls Virginia Advertising
09-10-2004 10:20 AM
(Richmond, VA) -- It appears the Democratic Party is giving up on trying to win Virginia -- at least for now. John Kerry's campaign strategist, Tad Devine, says they will not buy advertising in Virginia unless future poll results show voters beginning to swing towards Kerry. Devine still insists Kerry can take Virginia, but that the money that was going to be spent here is more needed in other toss-up states. University of Virginia political analyst Larry Sabato tells the "Fredericksburg Freelance Star" that "Virginia was an extra if things went well" and unless it appears that Kerry is making inroads among Virginia's traditionally Republican voters, "it doesn't make much sense to spend TV money in Virginia." The Kerry campaign is also withholding advertising in North Carolina, Arkansas and Louisiana, and Republicans are taking that as a sign Kerry is giving up on those states.
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