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by Mark Silva
Sen. Barack Obama has an answer for Sen. Hillary Clinton’s TV ad quoting people in Pennsyvlania – at least one of whom, it turns out, isn’t registered to vote in Pennsylvania, as you may read below in the Swamp — asserting that Obama is out of touch with the mainstream.
Obama’s campaign ad starts with Clinton’s own words: “I know that many of you, like me… were disappointed by recent remarks that he made.”
Then the announcer’s words: “There’s a reason people are rejecting Hillary Clinton’s attacks. Because the same old Washington politics won’t lower the price of gas or help our struggling economy. Barack Obama will represent all Americans. He offers a new approach.
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Then Obama’s: “When we get past the politics of division and distraction and we start actually focusing on what we have in common, there’s nothing we can’t accomplish…”
Now it’s a good bet that the announcer of this ad isn’t a voter in Pennsylvania, either — though he does quote a couple of Pennsylvania newspaper editorials at the end of his commentary.
But the potential impact on Pennsylvania voters from the ad which Clinton has aired – reminding them of Obama’s reported remarks about the bitterness of working-class voters – is what Obama is attempting to manage with his own new ad. This is called damage control, which could mean everything in a state where the newest opinion polls portray Clinton holding a narrow advantage over Obama one week before Tuesday’s primary election and heading into tonight’s televised debate between the two candidates in Pennsylvania.