{"id":3617,"date":"2008-08-25T09:44:00","date_gmt":"2008-08-25T15:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nmpolitics.net\/index\/2008\/08\/mccain-makes-play-for-clinton-backers-obama-attacks\/"},"modified":"2008-08-25T09:44:00","modified_gmt":"2008-08-25T15:44:00","slug":"mccain-makes-play-for-clinton-backers-obama-attacks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/2008\/08\/mccain-makes-play-for-clinton-backers-obama-attacks\/","title":{"rendered":"McCain makes play for Clinton backers; Obama attacks"},"content":{"rendered":"

John McCain<\/a> and Barack Obama<\/a> are out with competing television ads on the day the Democratic National Convention<\/a> opens in Denver<\/st1:place><\/st1:city>.<\/p>\n

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McCain\u2019s ad, which is airing in New Mexico<\/st1:place><\/st1:state> and other battleground states, is part of a larger attempt to snag Democrats and independents who supported Hillary Clinton<\/a> in the Democratic primary. Here it is:<\/p>\n

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The ad features Debra Bartoshevich, a lifelong Democrat and former Clinton<\/st1:place><\/st1:city> delegate.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI\u2019m a proud Hillary Clinton Democrat. She had the experience and judgment to be president. Now, in a first for me, I\u2019m supporting a Republican, John McCain,\u201d Bartoshevich says in the ad. \u201cI respect his maverick and independent streak, and now he\u2019s the one with the experience and judgment. A lot of Democrats will vote McCain. It\u2019s OK. Really.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Meanwhile, Obama is out with a new ad airing in New Mexico<\/st1:place><\/st1:state> and other battleground states attacking McCain on the economy. Here it is:<\/p>\n

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The ad displays McCain\u2019s previous quote, \u201cEconomics is not something I\u2019ve understood as well as I should,\u201d while a revised version of the Sam Cooke song, \u201cWonderful World (Don\u2019t Know Much),\u201d plays: \u201cI\u2019m not up on the economy. Don\u2019t know much about industry. Really can\u2019t explain the price of gas, or what is happening to the middle class.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Then the ad shows images of Bush with McCain while these lyrics play: \u201cBut I know that one and one is two. And if I could be just like you, what a wonderful world this could be.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\u201cDo we really want four more years of the same tune?\u201d the ad\u2019s narrator asks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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