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Sunday, September 21, 2008
McCain expected back in Ohio on Monday
At least one of the two major party presidential candidates will campaign in Ohio as they get ready for Friday’s first presidential debate at the University of Mississippi in Oxford, Miss.
Republican John McCain is expected in Cleveland on Monday night, Sept. 22, for events in the Cleveland area on Tuesday, Sept. 23, his campaign said.
McCain is expected to campaign in Middleburg Heights, Strongsville and Berea. He’s expected to stop at a tool-and-die maker’s, a construction site and Baldwin-Wallace College.
No word yet on Democrat Barack Obama or the vice presidential running mates but we’ll keep you posted.
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Eye on Ohio: ‘Ohio Jobs’ McCain ad
By Jessica Wehrman
Dayton Daily News
THE AD: “Ohio Jobs,” 30-second ad PRODUCER: McCain-Palin campaign WHERE TO SEE IT: Ohio television stations
SCRIPT: Announcer: Ohio’s small businesses create more than half of all our jobs. John McCain and his Congressional allies will help them create even more. With tax cuts to create jobs. Investments in renewable energy to revitalize Ohio’s manufacturing. Reforms to make health insurance affordable. And job retraining to help workers stay competitive. Change is coming. JOHN MCCAIN: I’m John McCain and I approve this message.
VIDEO: To zippy, upbeat music, viewers see shots of people working, cutting to a picture of McCain juxtaposed next to a picture of the U.S. Capitol. The screen cuts to shots of more people working, a shot of windmills, people working in medical jobs, and shots of working at a computer, suggesting retraining. The ad ends with a black screen reading, “Change is Coming,” then a shot of McCain, smiling in front of a flag.
ANALYSIS: Change? Wasn’t that Barack Obama’s mantra?
This ad works to assuage Ohioans who might vote for Obama because of their concerns about the economy that McCain is their guy. Obama has hit McCain with some success on economic issues in the state, which currently suffers from a 7.4 percent unemployment rate, higher than the national average.
Obama’s campaign has reminded voters of McCain’s admission that economics is “not something I’ve understood as well as I should” and have jumped on recent McCain comments that the fundamentals of the economy are strong to paint him as out of touch. To be fair, McCain’s comments were taken out of context — he was arguing that while the economy is weak, America’s workers remain strong.
McCain uses fundamental Republican points — that easing the tax burdens on businesses helps to spur job development — to argue that he has a plan to help Ohio’s struggling economy. McCain would phase-out the Alternative Minimum tax and double the personal exemption for dependents, among other proposals.
He also, like Obama, has a plan to invest in renewable energy to revitalize Ohio’s manufacturing, though differences exist on how both candidates would do that. And he uses this ad to say he’d work to improve the cost of health care, including making insurance more portable. He also offers a job retraining program aimed at helping displaced workers find new jobs. That plan includes special assistance for older workers who cannot afford to go to school full-time for two years when they’re hovering near retirement age.
This ad is primarily aimed at easing the worries of Ohio swing voters who consider the economy their top issue. It’s also aimed at convincing voters that, though many of the current economic struggles occurred during the Bush administration, McCain is no George W. Bush. When he says “Change is Coming,” he’s also refuting the Democratic mantra that a vote for McCain would be a vote for a third Bush term.
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