Obama ad gets personal
As our friends at the The Swamp point out, in recent speeches Barack Obama has been using his mother's 1995 death from ovarian cancer as a lead-in to argue that he's best suited to fix healthcare. Iowans tomorrow will see a new ad that takes the appeal one step further -- opening with a brief still image of his dead mother with a toddler-age Obama at her side.
The ad is aimed at affirming Obama's theme that, despite his experience as an Illinois state legislator and his three years in the U.S. Senate, he's a Washington outsider. And of course, a certain Democratic front-runner with her own healthcare policy baggage would, by contrast, be a Washington insider.
- Scott Martelle
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Posted by Scott Martelle on September 20, 2007 in Advertising , Campaigning , Cancer , Democratic Politics , Health , Health Care Policy , Illness , Media | Permalink
Don Frederick has served as an editor helping guide coverage of every presidential election since 1984. He is a third-generation Washingtonian, so watching the political world comes naturally to him.
Andrew Malcolm's immigrant parents repeatedly stressed the importance of active participation in a democracy. Early lessons included learning the alphabetical list of states by watching televised roll calls of national political conventions. That childhood exposure led to a lifelong fascination with politics, including 40-plus years of covering them and a brief stint practicing them as press secretary to Laura Bush in 1999-2000.
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It's a great ad, but Obama made two huge mistakes yesterday - not voting against the Republican resolution condemning MoveOn and skipping the debate in Iowa for a fundraiser in Atlanta.
The most significant exchange in the debates to date on the top issue in the campaign, Iraq, occurred last night. Biden, Edwards and Clinton blew it. Richardson shined.
You have to watch the video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CBe_nsa3Dho
Posted by: Stephen Cassidy | September 21, 2007 at 01:43 AM