WASHINGTON - President Bush's re-election campaign, prepared to spend tens of millions of dollars on advertising this year, will start running television commercials March 4 regardless of whether the race for the Democratic nomination is wrapped up.
The campaign had planned to unveil its television commercials only after Democrats settled on a nominee, but that has taken longer than some Bush advisers had expected because John Edwards continues to challenge front-runner John Kerry.
"We always said we would begin advertising and engage in other areas when we knew who our opponent was," Bush-Cheney campaign manager Ken Mehlman said Sunday.
The ads have been in the works for some times. Bush taped commercials a couple weeks ago in the White House residence, spokesman Scott McClellan said Monday.
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