June 05, 2008 06:09 PM UTC

How Did Udall's "Hunt Down Osama" Ad Play?

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• by: Colorado Pols

Colorado Springs’ KRDO-TV asked locally:

If a picture’s worth a thousand words, what’s being painted in the new 58-word ad by Democratic U.S. Senate Candidate Mark Udall?  The ad entitled “Worth” references a new army division, taking care of veterans and Osama bin Laden.

This is the text of the 30-second ad:

“These days maybe you’re wondering, isn’t there a better way to protect America?  I think so.  Add an entire new division to our Army, do right by our veterans and finally hunt down Osama bin Laden.  I’m Mark Udall and I approve this message because we’ve got a lot worth protecting and we have to get it right.”

NEWSCHANNEL 13 took “Worth” to the streets of Colorado Springs to get voter reaction.

“The Osama bin Laden thing’s a little overdone,” says Fort Carson Specialist Luis Nunez.

“I think it’s a scare tactic,” says Colorado Springs voter Chloe Cantwell-Rees.  “I think that he’s trying to make a point that the current administration has not done their job.”

Instead of focusing on Iraq, Udall supports sending more troops to Afghanistan.

Nunez says, as a whole, he liked the ad, specially the suggestion of a new Army division…

“A new division, what does a new division mean?” says Cantwell-Rees.  “He needs to clarify that.”

In 2005, Congressman Udall proposed a bill to add 80,000 new troops.

“I’m sure he’s pulling on the heartstrings of everybody including the veterans and the families of all the active duty folks,” says Air Force veteran Rob Schmitt.  “In this day in age, I think everybody’s playing off fears.”

“It’s a pleasing thing to watch, he’s being soft-spoken, sincere,” says Cantwell-Rees.

While Cantwell-Rees thought the scenery in the ad was nice, she didn’t think it matched the topic.

“He could have been showing the twin towers and an airplane flying into the twin towers,” says Cantwell-Rees…

We think it’s a good ad, but judging from the reaction in the heart of GOP country maybe a little strange to be coming from a Democrat? Seriously, between opponent Bob Schaffer’s butterflies, windmills and smiling children media blitz, and Udall talking about going after Osama by name, we could actually wind up with a not-insubstantial percentage of voters mixed up about who the Democrat is in this race (rule of thumb: it’s usually the skinny one).

Back on topic, a poll follows.

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