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Related: About this forumCBS: Priorities USA will focus on Romney's Bain record during closing stretch (in 7 swing states)
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Priorities USA will focus on Romney's Bain record during closing stretch
Priorities USA Action, the chief Democratic super PAC supporting President Obama, will close out the campaign season by reprising a television ad about a man who lost his job as a result of decisions made by Bain Capital while Republican nominee Mitt Romney ran it.
The super PAC ran $20 million in ads throughout the summer to highlight the negative impact of layoffs at companies that were shuttered during Romney's tenure as head of the venture capital firm. In focus groups with Ohio voters this week, Priorities determined that the most effective ad of the campaign -- and also one much noted when it first ran -- was "Stage."
The ad features Mike Earnest talks about building a stage that ended up being used by Bain officials to announce they were closing the plant. "Turns out that when we built that stage it was like building my own coffin, and it just made me sick," Earnest says in the ad.
"Participants were able to describe it in detail and recall the emotional impact it had on them, despite the fact that it had not run in that market for over six weeks," Priorities said in a memo about its closing strategy.
The group will pour millions of dollars into re-running the ad in seven swing states: Colorado, Florida, Iowa, Ohio, Nevada, Virginia and Wisconsin. It will also run a slate of new ads that feature similar personal stories, which will complement a separate $30 million ad buy that seeks to portray Republican policies in a negative light. On top of television advertising, the group is launching what it terms an "aggressive" online effort to target voters who are more engaged on the Internet than through TV advertising.
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http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-34222_162-57536636/priorities-usa-will-focus-on-romneys-bain-record-during-closing-stretch/
Priorities USA Action, the chief Democratic super PAC supporting President Obama, will close out the campaign season by reprising a television ad about a man who lost his job as a result of decisions made by Bain Capital while Republican nominee Mitt Romney ran it.
The super PAC ran $20 million in ads throughout the summer to highlight the negative impact of layoffs at companies that were shuttered during Romney's tenure as head of the venture capital firm. In focus groups with Ohio voters this week, Priorities determined that the most effective ad of the campaign -- and also one much noted when it first ran -- was "Stage."
The ad features Mike Earnest talks about building a stage that ended up being used by Bain officials to announce they were closing the plant. "Turns out that when we built that stage it was like building my own coffin, and it just made me sick," Earnest says in the ad.
"Participants were able to describe it in detail and recall the emotional impact it had on them, despite the fact that it had not run in that market for over six weeks," Priorities said in a memo about its closing strategy.
The group will pour millions of dollars into re-running the ad in seven swing states: Colorado, Florida, Iowa, Ohio, Nevada, Virginia and Wisconsin. It will also run a slate of new ads that feature similar personal stories, which will complement a separate $30 million ad buy that seeks to portray Republican policies in a negative light. On top of television advertising, the group is launching what it terms an "aggressive" online effort to target voters who are more engaged on the Internet than through TV advertising.
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http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-34222_162-57536636/priorities-usa-will-focus-on-romneys-bain-record-during-closing-stretch/
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CBS: Priorities USA will focus on Romney's Bain record during closing stretch (in 7 swing states) (Original Post)
flpoljunkie
Oct 2012
OP
For those who have not seen it, this excellent Priorities USA ad 'Heads or Tails' is a must watch.
flpoljunkie
Oct 2012
#2
YEAH! I've been wanting them to do this for months. Air "Stage" during every football game because
Pirate Smile
Oct 2012
#3
nc4bo
(17,651 posts)1. +100. nm
flpoljunkie
(26,184 posts)2. For those who have not seen it, this excellent Priorities USA ad 'Heads or Tails' is a must watch.
Pirate Smile
(27,617 posts)3. YEAH! I've been wanting them to do this for months. Air "Stage" during every football game because
live events are the one time people generally don't DVR shows then fast-forward through commercials.
That ad is an absolute killer. Just run it non-stop.
OkieGranny
(73 posts)4. Just read the comments at the link
Unbelievable. Wish Obama would make an appearance at Sensata this week. Every voter needs to understand that what's happening there, and that it's very much a national issue. It's one of the clearest indicators I've seen of what Romney is really all about. He doesn't want to be president; he wants to be CEO of the US so he can "harvest" us "at a significant profit."
LisaL
(44,973 posts)5. Very powerful ad, IMO.