Where is John McCain?

Senator John McCain has not made one stop to Nevada since the Convention and has many Republicans wondering where the campaign is. Although the stop by Sarah Palin has helped to re-energize the base a little bit, the Obama camp is still campaigning much more fervently than McCain.

Obama has been to Nevada twice since the Democratic Convention with another stop planned for Saturday. This will be the 19th time for Obama to visit Nevada since the beginning of the primaries.

McCain’s State Chairman, Lt. Gov. Brian Krolicki, expects more return visits by McCain or Palin. “The McCain-Palin campaign believes Nevada is important,” Krolicki said. “The machinery of the campaign is growing.” However, the actions of McCain and the statistics display a different message.

Obama has about 100 paid staffers in Nevada, compared to only 3o by McCain. Obama spent $616,000 compared to McCain’s $329,000 on television ads for the week of September 28- October 4. The get out the vote efforts by the Obama campaign were so much more successful that Democrats outnumber Republicans by over 80,000.

So far, the early voting ballots have reflected these efforts and Democrats continue outvoting Republicans by more than 2-to-1.