New Obama Ad: McCain Is Bad On Space -- And Bad For Florida

New Obama Ad: McCain Is Bad On Space -- And Bad For Florida

By Greg Sargent - October 16, 2008, 6:21PM

The intense focus on micro-targeting is one of the key stories of Campaign 2008, and http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/1008/Space_pork.html?showall">Ben Smith posts(listen to the ad here) Obama's latest radio ad in Florida, which hits McCain on space exploration.

Space is a global issue, or perhaps even more, but also a local issue, too.

"Here in central Florida, America's space program is a way of life," Florida Senator Bill Nelson says in the spot. "So compare the two presidential candidates. Barack Obama wants a $2 billion increase for NASA, which would lessen the job losses at the Cape."

Nelson adds that McCain "wants to freeze NASA spending at last year's level. So layoffs would loom larger and NASA would continue to be starved of funds for future exploration."

It's another sign of Obama's leg up in the ad wars: His campaign's huge bankroll has allowed him to outdo McCain handily when it comes to flooding every corner of the key states with all manner of relentlessly targeted advertising.


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