Fred Thompson kicked off the second leg of his bus tour of Iowa yesterday:
Unfortunately for Thompson, unless he is able to raise the money it will be the only media he will have in the state. In the meantime, his opponents are saturating the airwaves in Iowa, per Jonathan Martin:
Romney has purchased over 2,000 points on Cedar Rapids TV, just over 1,700 in Des Moines and just shy of 1,500 in Davenport. The three markets comprise the vast swath of central and eastern Iowa and are the largest in terms of Iowans reached in the state.Beyond these three markets, Romney also has ads up in the four cities that serve Iowa viewers (including 1,900 points in the heavily GOP Sioux City market).Mike Huckabee has about two-thirds of what Romney has on the air, but nevertheless still a large buy. He also has more than 1,000 points in each of Iowa's top three markets, but at lower levels than Romney.
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