McGavick pulling ads in Seattle

Make of it what you will, but Mike McGavick is cutting back television ads in Seattle. From The Seattle Times:

Republican Mike McGavick canceled political ads at three Seattle television stations Tuesday.

While often a signal of a campaign in trouble, McGavick's spokesman, Elliott Bundy, said the change of course was needed to target money toward direct-mail and voter-turnout operations.

"You make these decisions as you move along," Bundy said. "There's nothing to read into that."

You can go read the article for the exact amounts cancelled by McGavick. Suffice it to say that pulling ads this late is a sure sign of a campaign in the dumper.

The McGavick campaign will probably dream up a last desperate stunt or two, but he's not running against John Kerry, he's running against Maria Cantwell. And so far McGavick has failed to offer voters much reason to make a change.