Obama's Hitting The Airwaves
As the 2nd fundraising quarter comes to a close, Barack Obama's campaign is opening up the warchest for a new "low-level" media campaign in IA. It features two "documentary-style" ads, one touting Obama's background as a community organizer, the other highlighting his work as a state legislator in neighboring Illinois. The campaign says that the ads will allow Iowans to "better understand that Obama's vision for bringing the country together to solve important problems is not just campaign rhetoric. For him, it's been a way of life."
Each ad leads with selections from the 2004 Convention speech that put Obama on the national map. Also of note are some of the testimonials in each. An SEIU official praises Obama for "organizing at a time when everything was collapsing." And a Republican state senator says that Obama had "negotiation skills and an ability to understand both sides." [MIKE MEMOLI]