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Obama takes his case to country with infomercial
NORFOLK, Va. – Barack Obama
will be a one-man television blitz on Wednesday, saturating prime-time
with a 30-minute ad and popping up on the buzzy late-night TV scene.He is also giving an interview to a prominent network news anchor, and appearing with fellow Democratic star Bill Clinton
at a rally that is timed to hit the late-evening news.So
that line in Obama’s stump speech about how parents need to turn the
television off more at home? He might make an exception this day.The TV
campaign comes as Obama, ahead in national and swing-state polls over Republican John McCain, tries to win over teetering voters right from the comfort of their couches.The election is six days away.
The
centerpiece of the effort is Obama’s infomercial. It is rare for a
candidate to buy a block of prime-time real estate to tell his story.
Plenty costly, too.The ad is expected
to be a video montage of typical people talking about the challenges
they face, with Obama explaining how he can help. A campaign adviser
said the taped ad will feature a live cut-in to Obama, who is scheduled
to be at a rally in Florida at the time.The Obama team bought time on CBS, NBC and Fox for about $1 million per network. The spot airs at 8 p.m. EDT. It is also scheduled to run on Univision, BET, MSNBC and TV One.Flush
with cash from his record-shattering fundraising, Obama uses that
advantage by buying up media time in ways that McCain cannot.McCain
is purchasing loads of ad time, too. But the disparity between Obama
and the Republicans is so wide that it has allowed Obama to spend in
more states than McCain, appear more frequently in key markets and
diversify his messages — some positive, some negative.And
negative is the tone for the latest Obama ad, a 30-second spot aimed at
key states that uses McCain’s own words against him and mocks running mate Sarah Palin.
Three quotes, one from 2005 and two from 2007, play off McCain’s
acknowledgment that he knows less about economic matters than other
issues. In the last quote, McCain says he might have to rely on his
vice president for expertise — and then the spot cuts to a winking
Palin.Obama is campaigning Wednesday in North Carolina and Florida.
During a stop in Raleigh, N.C., he will be interviewed by Charlie Gibson of ABC’s “World News.Later,
in Florida, Obama will tape an appearance on Comedy Central’s
irreverent “The Daily Show” with Jon Stewart. The segment will run at
11 p.m. EDT.Obama may even be competing with himself.
During
the same 11 p.m. slot, Obama is scheduled to appear at a campaign rally
for the first time with Clinton, whose wife, Hillary Rodham Clinton,
lost to Obama in the primaries.The
uniting of the former president and the would-be president in
Kissimmee, Fla., is sure to draw live local and national television
coverage.And that’s not all.
On Thursday, Obama is giving interviews to Brian Williams, anchor of NBC’s “Nightly News,” and to Rachel Maddow, the host of an evening show on MSNBC.Two viewers who don’t seem excited about all the exposure are Obama’s two young daughters.Appearing on Jay Leno‘s
talk show Monday, Obama’s wife, Michelle, said 10-year-old daughter
Malia got a little worried to hear that her dad’s infomercial would
blanket TV.”‘You’re going to be on all the TV? Are you going to interrupt my TV?'” her mother said Malia asked.Michelle Obama presidential candidate assured his daughter that he hadn’t bought time on the Disney Channel. -
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