September 12, 2011 10:01 PM UTC

DNC Wants You To Want Obama's Jobs Plan

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• by: Colorado Pols

Two similar versions of the above ad playing in the Denver market now, full statement from the Democratic National Committee’s Brad Woodhouse after the jump:

“The most important thing we can do right now is set aside politics and put creating jobs and putting more money in the pockets of middle class Americans and small business owners ahead of an election which is still 14 months away. The President has a plan to create jobs and help middle class Americans get ahead and this effort is intended to communicate that plan to the American people and for Americans to communicate their support for his plan to their representatives in Washington. There is simply no time to waste.”

It’s an interesting message, reminding voters that the elections are in fact not right around the corner–even though it seems like electoral politics haven’t taken a break since the last election. A clever bank shot off of voter cynicism? If so, defense for the GOP could depend on the tentative and strange (spelled poll-driven) bipartisan spirit in Congress amounting to something constructive. President Barack Obama’s should-be uncontroversial “American Jobs Act” is a real test of pragmatism versus ideology–one way Republicans could gain the upper hand is by working with the President; thereby proving him, and a growing chorus of Americans convinced that the current majority in Congress is incapable of governing, wrong.

And if they don’t, the DNC will have an ad for that too.

DNC Announces New Effort to Raise Awareness, Allow People to Communicate Their Support for the American Jobs Act

Effort Includes Substantial Investment in Television and Online Ads, Website

To watch the Television Ads, Click Here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v…

Online Ads, Click Here: “Tomorrow,” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v…

“Relief,” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v…

Website, Click Here: www.americanjobsact.com

Washington, DC-Today, the Democratic National Committee announced a new comprehensive effort to engage the American people in the important task of getting Congress to pass President Obama’s American Jobs Act to get more Americans back to work and put more money in the pockets of middle class Americans and small businesses. The effort includes television ads, online ads, and a website called www.americanjobsact.com.  

The television ads, entitled “14 Months,” will begin airing tomorrow and will be the first round of ads in an effort that will last several weeks. The ads will run in Denver, Colorado; Tampa and Orlando, Florida; Des Moines, Iowa; Las Vegas , Nevada; Manchester, New Hampshire; Raleigh and Charlotte, North Carolina; Columbus and Cleveland, Ohio; Norfolk, Richmond, and Roanoke, Virginia; and Washington, DC. The online ads, a 30 second ad named “Tomorrow” and a 15 second ad named “Relief,” will be placed on a variety of publishers and networks, including facebook, YouTube, Hulu, Pandora, Huffington Post, Local News placements, and networks. The website, www.americanjobsact.com, is a place people can go to learn more about the American Jobs Act, sign a petition in support of the Act, and help people call their Members of Congress asking them to vote for the legislation.

There are two versions of the television ad running in equal rotation in each market, one that includes several points from the President’s plan on screen and one that does not. The ads are running in heavy rotation on both cable and broadcast stations, including local news agencies, in each market.

After the DNC announced this new effort in support of the American Jobs Act, Democratic National Committee Communications Director Brad Woodhouse released the following statement:

“The most important thing we can do right now is set aside politics and put creating jobs and putting more money in the pockets of middle class Americans and small business owners ahead of an election which is still 14 months away. The President has a plan to create jobs and help middle class Americans get ahead and this effort is intended to communicate that plan to the American people and for Americans to communicate their support for his plan to their representatives in Washington. There is simply no time to waste.”

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