Obama begins ad blitz in Philadelphia

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By Gail Shister

Inquirer Staff Writer
The Barack barrage has begun.

With 31 days until the Pennsylvania Democratic primary, Sen. Barack Obama yesterday began airing the first pre-primary ads on Philadelphia TV stations.

According to public records, the campaign spent about $330,000 on 30- and 60-second spots that will run on six area stations through Monday, the state deadline for voter registration.

Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, with a double-digit lead in state polls, has yet to hit local airwaves in the run-up to the April 22 primary. A total of 158 Democratic delegates are in play.

The Obama campaign apparently started the TV ads here in Philadelphia yesterday (Friday). I haven't watched local TV to see what the ads look like, but have heard his radio ads since last Wednesday. It will be interesting to see how this plays out as it seems that Clinton, other than perhaps having financial problems, seems to be waiting for the next big negative to use in an ad rather than go on and put out some standard issues-oriented advertising. The election in PA is now a month away from today and I expect it to heat up in the next couple weeks.

Anyone in the rest of PA see any TV ads from either campaign?