KATV Channel 7 - The Spirit of Arkansas: Obama campaign seeks ad rates in states

The president's campaign has sought the advertising information in 14 states that are expected to be heavily contested by Obama and his Republican opponent. That's according to a person familiar with the request who was not authorized to speak publicly about the campaign's internal deliberations and requested anonymity.

The person familiar with the request says no decision has been made on when to begin putting television ads on the air.

The 14 states include Florida, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Virginia.