Originally Posted by After Shock Media

Would campaign finance laws allow Obama to just give it to people instead of use it to advance his and to a lesser extent the rest of the Democrats running for offices this time around?

This also is/was money that was privately donated to him, mostly by small donors to use for him campaigns expenses. To run ads, buy TV spots, travel around, so forth.
Buying the time slots (was more than one, and other channels also showed it, and it played EST and PST, not sure about Central or Mountain). So technically it was on my TV on several channels, at a bare minimum of 5pm PST and 8pm PST. (MSBC at 5) then (FOX,CBS, and other news channels at 8).

Personally I think the TV buy may be seem as a bit excessive. Then again he has same access to the net as we all do. I am sure he sees all of the hate, the concern with people stealing the election, you name it. Plus it looks like he uses strategy very well and understands how to go for the killing blow in a fight. He just like most of us obviously saw that he was in a dirty fight anyways. Winning is key most of the time. Buying those TV slots was akin to striking a death blow to the other side without getting dirty. Also allowed him to put names and faces to his plans and how they will work. In a format that people understand i.e. TV.

Lately I will say in some ways he reminds me of the footage I saw of my grandparents that had a lot of tapping's of events, and even TV stuff of Bobby Kennedy when he was out here in California. Yes I am aware of how that ended.