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Tuesday, July 1, 2008
Eye on Ohio: “Dignity” ad for Barack Obama
THE AD: “Dignity,” a 30-second television ad that started Monday, June 30.
PRODUCER: The Obama campaign.
SCRIPT: Barack Obama: “I’m Barack Obama, and I approved this message.”
Announcer: “He worked his way through college and Harvard Law. Turned down big money offers and helped lift neighborhoods stung by job loss. Fought for workers’ rights. He passed a law to move people from welfare to work, slashed the rolls by 80 percent. Passed tax cuts for workers; health care for kids. As president, he’ll end tax breaks for companies that export jobs, reward those that create jobs in America. And never forget the dignity that comes from work.”
VIDEO: The ad starts with color video of the candidate, smiling and surrounded by a festive crowd. It moves between a black-and-white slide show reminiscent of news clippings and a series of short, color film clips. The spot ends with Obama in factory scenes, surrounded by working-class folks.
ANALYSIS: After targeting a core base in the primaries, Obama is shifting focus to more centrist ideas, trying to shed notions that he’s a liberal and aim at more conservative messages: Work. Welfare reform. Tax cuts.
Obama worked his way through college. Indeed, it’s unique to be a candidate for the White House after paying off student loans for higher education.
But, he’s taking too much personal credit by saying he “passed laws.” News accounts give him credit for sponsoring measures in the Illinois legislature that moved people from welfare to work. But those reforms only came about because former President Bill Clinton and Congress ordered welfare reforms. And some experts say the 80 percent drop in the welfare rolls came partly from administrative changes brought on by the Illinois governor, also a champion of welfare reform.
Similarly, Obama won’t end tax breaks or reward job creation unless Congress approves the changes.
Because of these exaggerations, this spot has a whiff of doubt. Insiders say a more expensive 60-second spot is coming to Ohio this week.
Contact V. David Sartin at dsartin@plaind.com.
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TweetOhio’s first lady coming to town to raise money for Mitakides
Frances Strickland (in photo), Ohio’s first lady, is coming to the Dayton area to raise money for Jane Mitakides.
Mitakides is running for the 3rd congressional seat against Republican U.S. Rep. Mike Turner. The fundraiser is Monday, July 7 at 5:30 p.m. at a private home in Oakwood. Tickets are $250, $500 and $1,000
Get more information at www.jane08.com
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TweetObama proposes partnership with faith-based groups
Democrat Barack Obama says that as president he’ll establish a Council for Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships to promote “bottom-up” help for the needy.
Obama made the proposal in remarks prepared for delivery Tuesday, July 1, in Zanesville where he’s to campaign for president at the East Side Community Ministry, which provides food, clothing and other assistance for those in need.
Obama said the partnerships would honor the separation of church and state.
“…if you get a federal grant, you can’t use that grant money to proselytize to the people you help and you can’t discriminate against them - or against the people you hire - on the basis of religion,” he said in the prepared remarks.
Obama said Republican President Bush’s Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives “never fulfilled its promise.”
“Support for social services to the poor and the need have been consistently underfunded,” he said.
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TweetTurner, Ohio lawmakers want hearings on DHL/UPS deal
Ohio’s U.S. House delegation has sent letters to two congressional committees urging hearings on a proposal to consolidate DHL’s North American shipping operations into UPS, a decision that would cost the Wilmington region some 8,000 jobs.
The delegation, led by Rep. Mike Turner, R-Centerville, sent letters to the chairmen and Ranking Members of the House Judiciary Committee and the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure asking for each committee to hold hearings on the proposed deal.
The letter to Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers and Ranking Member Lamar Smith asks the committee to investigate the deal to see if it violates federal antitrust law. It was signed by every member of the Ohio House delegation except Rep. Betty Sutton, D-Copley Twp., who declined because she is a member of that committee.
The letter to Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman James Oberstar and Ranking Member John Mica urges their committee to examine the impact the deal would have on the North American shipping market and implications on American consumers. It’s signed by the entire Ohio House delegation.
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