Union Blitzes Battlegrounds With More Mail Hammering McCain On Economy
Working America, the arm of the AFL-CIO that does outreach to nonunion workers, keeps up the economic assault on John McCain with another huge, hard-hitting mailing targeting the battleground states (click to enlarge):
Also, in an interesting experiment, the AFL-CIO tells me that they'll be emailing this video out to a list that includes thousands of Republicans and Independents in the swing states -- "a persuasion piece," as AFL spokesperson Steve Smith puts it.
The thing to keep in mind is that the ratcheted up activity by the big unions is driven partly by the fact that their own internal polling indicates that the race is much more volatile in the battlegrounds than public polls suggest, and that low-info voters there tend to be surprised when they learn the truth about McCain's economic proposals.
Late Update: The mail piece is going out to more than a million swing-state households, and the vid is the first in a three part series.
Low information voters tend to be surprised when they learn anything.
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October 6, 2008 11:51 AM | Reply | Permalink
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October 6, 2008 11:53 AM | Reply | Permalink
I rec'd that.
October 6, 2008 11:54 AM | Reply | Permalink
Yeah, that dude just KILLS threads.
October 6, 2008 12:00 PM | Reply | Permalink
Like hearing W's voice come on TV in the middle of having sex.
October 6, 2008 12:09 PM | Reply | Permalink
Why do you have the TV on when....never mind, I don't want to know.
October 6, 2008 12:15 PM | Reply | Permalink
A little Campbell Brown goes a long way.
October 6, 2008 12:44 PM | Reply | Permalink
If the union's internal polling showed the race to be much more fluid than public pollsters suggest, then how come McCain's campaign didn't know that when they abruptly ditched Michigan?
October 6, 2008 11:58 AM | Reply | Permalink
mcShame campaign. They're promoting social divisions. Promoting racial divisions. And trying to divide generations or rich against poor over health care.
It doesn't get much lower than going after gramma's health benefits!
October 6, 2008 12:00 PM | Reply | Permalink
Yeah and he just lost Florida. How can he be this stupid and this misled?
October 6, 2008 12:03 PM | Reply | Permalink
I can hear the commercial now: "John McCain will make huge cuts in Medicare and Medicaid to pay for his health care plan, which will result in even more people losing their health care."
October 6, 2008 12:08 PM | Reply | Permalink
yes he can.
October 6, 2008 12:12 PM | Reply | Permalink
"They're promoting social divisions. Promoting racial divisions. And trying to divide generations or rich against poor over health care." Uh...that's how you guys operate...as a matter of fact you just did it again.
"It doesn't get much lower than going after gramma's health benefits!"
October 6, 2008 12:07 PM | Reply | Permalink
Yeah and just like all the other Repugs - every day is backwards day for you.
You get everything totally backwards and inside out - just like all Repugs.
Well, it got you 12 years of holding the majority before you totally fucked everything up beyond hope - your party is in tatters, man. There's nothing left.
October 6, 2008 12:09 PM | Reply | Permalink
Looks like I must have said the "magic words."
October 6, 2008 12:10 PM | Reply | Permalink
Reality bites, doesn't it?
Your hero's campaign just admitted that in order to pay for his health care disaster, Medicare and Medicaid are going to have to be substantially cut.
That's not spin. That's what Holtz-Eakin said. It doesn't even need to be spun. Gramma's health benefits are at risk if John McCain is elected President.
October 6, 2008 12:10 PM | Reply | Permalink
Maybe you should check in with mother ship. Your comments seem to be in contrast to the current talking points. Remember Fiorina.
October 6, 2008 12:12 PM | Reply | Permalink
As a political ploy, its suicide for McCain to say this. Especially right now...
October 6, 2008 12:25 PM | Reply | Permalink
If you haven't seen Rich Trumka's speech to the Steelworker's on how to combat anti-Obama racism, watch it here:
http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/archives/individual/2008_10/014997.php
Very, very powerful.
October 6, 2008 12:10 PM | Reply | Permalink
That speech is a barn burner and will bring tears to your eyes.
October 6, 2008 12:11 PM | Reply | Permalink
It's truly beautiful. Cuts right to the heart of the issue and should cause every racist who hears it to squirm.
October 6, 2008 12:19 PM | Reply | Permalink
Yes, indeed... one of the best in this cycle.
October 6, 2008 12:28 PM | Reply | Permalink
That's a concise, nice vid.
October 6, 2008 12:20 PM | Reply | Permalink
Are my eyes seeing right. I see a poll posted here for Suffolk VA: Obama 51 McCain 39
October 6, 2008 12:29 PM | Reply | Permalink
SurveyUSA as well (53-43).
October 6, 2008 12:44 PM | Reply | Permalink
VERY valauable paper.
October 6, 2008 12:31 PM | Reply | Permalink
i think that video is kinda crappy if it's intended for low-info voters. low-info voters will take away the both sides of his mouth part but they might imagine that at least mccain's in favor of cutting my taxes now that he's running for president...
i imagine "the bush tax cuts" pulls both ways for low info voters. on the one hand the 'bush' part has a negative connotation, but then 'tax cuts' have a positive connotation.
or is the ad being targeted not to low info voters but to republicans who are in favor of the bush tax cuts??
October 6, 2008 2:55 PM | Reply | Permalink
keep hitting this they said they wanted to turn the page on all this economy stuff well look what happened today sorry but dont think that is going to happen just keep hitting him on this
October 6, 2008 8:23 PM | Reply | Permalink
More EXCELLENT NEWS FOR McCAIN!!!
Quarterly 401K and brokerage account statements are in the mail!
October 7, 2008 1:50 AM | Reply | Permalink
I didn't know that!?!
October 7, 2008 7:19 AM | Reply | Permalink
...about low information voters being surprised to learn anything, that is... .darn auto-sign-out feature... grumble..
October 7, 2008 7:20 AM | Reply | Permalink