McCain's "ground game"

It's nice that Sen. McCain has a ground game, let's see what it's like:

DuHaime said that, along with the RNC’s Victory operation, they had 130 offices in their targeted states and 300 paid staffers in the field between the campaign and party committee.

Wow! 300! That sounds like such a great number:

A[n Ohio] party official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, said he spoke to a member of the Obama campaign who told him that the campaign plans to hire 300 paid organizers for its field work, 25 in Franklin County alone.

And it's just the campaign, it doesn't even include how many will be hired by the DNC. Hooray Fifty State Strategy! Hooray beer!

Interesting

According to the Hotline, the McCain campaign has scaled back advertising dramatically in Ohio, Pennsylvania, New Mexico and Iowa. Here is the dollar amount:

-- In OH, McCain's campaign spent $197,018 for the week of 7/29-8/4. From 8/5-8/11, the Republican is spending $108,450.

-- In PA, McCain's campaign spent $92,808 for the week of 7/29-8/4. From 8/5-8/11, the Republican is spending $50,134.

-- In IA, McCain's campaign spent $45,844 for the week of 7/29-8/4. From 8/5-8/11, the Republican is spending $10,543.

-- In NM, McCain's campaign spent $25K for the week of 7/29-8/4. From 8/5-8/11, the Republican is spending nothing.

Pennsylvania is a very expensive media market, so it looks like John McCain is down to a couple ads on cable news channels. I wonder if he's been paying attention to the latest polls showing Sen. Obama locking it up.