New TV ad focuses on the failure of President Obama’s stimulus plan, and what it takes to get the economy moving again.
WASHINGTON – Crossroads Grassroots Policy Strategies (Crossroads GPS) today launched a new TV issue ad in nine states focused on the failed economic policies of President Barack Obama. The ad quotes CBS Evening News anchor Scott Pelley calling Obama’s recovery “the worst economic recovery America has ever had.”
The ad starts today and will run on network TV stations in Florida, Iowa, Colorado, North Carolina, Michigan, New Hampshire, Nevada, Ohio and Virginia through August 6th in an $11 million buy. The spot can be viewed here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zkWJrf_x2rA
The ad is the last spot in a $25 million initiative launched in early July to frame the issue debate on the economy, jobs and taxes, and promote the Crossroads GPS policy platform, the New Majority Agenda.
“We are witnessing the worst economic recovery in American history, because of the failed economic policies of President Barack Obama,” said Crossroads GPS communications director Jonathan Collegio. “President Obama’s failed solution to the economic downturn was to spend more through a massive stimulus, and now he wants to raise taxes. Real economic recovery starts with helping the private sector grow, as we present in the Crossroads GPS New Majority Agenda.”
When selling the economic stimulus plan in early 2009, Obama and his advisors estimated that it would bring unemployment down to less than 6% by this point in 2012. However, President Obama has overseen an economy with growth that measured an anemic 1.5% for the most recent quarter, and the unemployment rate hovering above 8% for more than 40 consecutive months.
Crossroads GPS is a policy and grassroots advocacy organization that is committed to educating, equipping and mobilizing millions of American citizens to take action on the critical economic and legislative issues that will shape our nation’s future.
For more information or to arrange an interview, contact Jonathan Collegio at [email protected] or (202) 559-6424.
