October 9th, 2012
08:08 AM ET
Big Bird the focus in sarcastic new Obama ad(CNN) – The unlikely star of last week’s presidential debate is now starring in a political ad from President Barack Obama’s re-election campaign. The spot, released Tuesday, sarcastically casts Big Bird as a corporate fiend akin to Bernie Madoff and Kenneth Lay. The campaign said it would air on national broadcast and cable. 
October 9th, 2012
08:05 AM ET
POTUS Day Ahead: California and OhioPresident Obama wraps up this week’s fundraising tour with a campaign rally in Ohio. He’ll travel to the campus of Ohio State University in Columbus just days after his last visit to the key battleground state on Friday. Tomorrow’s trip will be his 15th trip this year and the 4th trip since September 1st. Voter registration ends in Ohio tomorrow. Ohio obviously continues to play a major role in the Obama re-election strategy. Campaign spokeswoman Jen Psaki told reporters on Air Force One “the people in Ohio are looking at who's going to be a better fighter for them in the White House. And the decision - the factors haven’t changed since the debate, so who's going to fight for middle-class tax cuts, who's going to fight to make sure kids have access to affordable health care, can go to college. In Ohio, there are some specific issues, like who is - who fought to bring the auto industry back. We all know Mitt Romney wanted to let the auto industry go bankrupt, and one in eight jobs in Ohio relies on the auto industry.” White House Press Secretary Jay Carney will gaggle with reporters aboard Air Force One. Here's the schedule as released by the White House: |
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