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Adwatch: Obama health care ad in
Wisconsin
2/9/08 AP Alert - Political 17:53:41
ANALYSIS: Airing in Wisconsin ahead of the state's Feb. 19
primary, the spot seeks to highlight Obama's campaign message of
ending division in the area of fixing health care. The opening shot
of his white mother reminds voters of his biracial background and
thus implicitly, his lifelong experience in working across racial
and other lines of division, as he chastises partisanship in
Washington as the major barrier to health care reform.
The ad says Obama's health care plan would "cover everyone," but
avoids mentioning any specifics. Obama's Democratic rival, Hillary
Rodham Clinton, has a health care plan that would mandate that the
public obtain health insurance; Obama's plan would not. The Clinton
campaign in particular has been critical of Obama's proposal, saying
as many as 15 million people would end up with no insurance.
Obama has said that reducing costs would make insurance attractive
to most Americans and move the country in the direction of universal
coverage. |
