United Auto Workers Sinks $3 Million Into Swing State Ad Campaign

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United Auto Workers Sinks $3 Million Into Swing State Ad Campaign

By Greg Sargent - October 9, 2008, 10:49AM

With the big unions gearing up for the final push in the battlegrounds, the United Auto Workers hits the airwaves in four swing states with an ad campaign tattooing John McCain on the economy and health care.

The spots have shades of the "Harry and Louise" ads that were run against health care way back when, featuring ordinary working people worrying about their loved ones' future -- only these aren't actors. Here's a spot featuring an auto worker worried about the future on behalf of his new grandson...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IduCg0X9NqA

And here's a spot featuring a female autoworker worrying about her son's asthma...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qyLP9vGS-Ic

The UAW says they're spending $3 million on the ad campaign, which will run in Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, and Pennsylvania, which are home to more than half of UAW's one million active and retired members.


http://tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com/2008/10/united_auto_workers_sinks_3_mi.php

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1. Kick!

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2. Wonder if that ad will play over here in SE PA?

Hopefully since DE has auto plants (GM).