Bush and Kerry target isles (with TV ads)

[papau]

http://starbulletin.com/2004/10/26/news/index1.html

Bush and Kerry target isles
A close presidential race has
both parties interested in
buying local commercial time
By Richard Borreca
[e-mail]
Hawaii has found its way onto the national political radar, and proof will be showing up on your television screens.

An independent group attached to the Democratic National Committee is buying TV commercial time as two statewide polls show that President Bush and Sen. John Kerry are essentially tied in Hawaii.

Hawaii has just four electoral votes, but with the race for president tied in many key states, the presidential election could be decided by Hawaii voters.

Mike Rosenberg, KITV president and general manager, said that shortly after the Star-Bulletin/KITV4 poll showing the neck-and-neck race, his station got calls from both Democrats and Republicans looking to reserve political commercial time.

"I can't recall any time that any presidential candidate ever spent any money in Hawaii," said Rosenberg, who has been in his role since 1985.<snip>

[JuniorPlankton]

1. Hmmm

Let's hope it's a hoax ( about tied polls)

Better safe than sorry, though.

[papau]

2. I agree! :-)

:-)

[tommcintyre]

3. Nope, It's not a hoax

Nope, It's not a hoax. It's getting national attention that Hawaii is now considered a "swing" state. It's on my home page in a news article in today's news crawl.
"Swing states increase in US election: Hawaii, Arkansas and New Hampshire"
http://www.rte.ie/news/2004/1026/uselection.html

I also have some things you can do to help counteract this on the home page and the "Hawaii Happenings" page.

http://www.independentmediasource.com/hawaii_happenings.htm

I'm sending out a PR release today to the following media to try to help counteract this.

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If you know of any other ones, let me know who they are so I can add them to this and future PR releases. If you have a relationship with some media person, you can send them my PR release yourself.

Here's the link to it, I will be posting it on my Hawaii Happenings page later today - and the most recent national one on the home page. Just copy and paste it into your email editor.
http://www.independentmediasource.com/tmp/hawaiipr10-26.htm

[KamaAina]

4. The Star-Bulletin/KITV poll only covers O'ahu

Remember Mazie Hirono? She actually carried all Neighbor Islands (yes, Maui, too) and lost only up here on what my Big Island friend calls "the Island of Hell". So of course an O'ahu-only poll is accurate statewide, no? </sarcasm>

I suspect a Rovian feint to get Kerry to spend $$$ here that he needs in Ohio or Florida. It appears to be working...