Obama Pulls A Perot

By Marcus Gilmer in News on Oct 10, 2008 5:15PM

Reaching into Ross Perot's playbook, Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama has purchased a half-hour primetime television spot from CBS and is currently negotiating with other networks to purchase the same time slot. Obama will air an election infomercial during the time slot, scheduled for Wednesday, October 29. Officials at CBS said, "We will, of course, make an equivalent opportunity available to Senator McCain and other legally qualified candidates upon request." Perot's spot in '92 drew in 16.5 million viewers. As long as Barack brings the pie charts and doesn't go up against America's Next Top Model, we're guessing he'll do okay, too.