NRSC Ad In West Virginia: ‘A Vote For Manchin Is A Vote For Obama’ (VIDEO)

From a NRSC campaign ad, "Stop Obama."
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The National Republican Senatorial Committee’s new ad in the West Virginia special Senate election sums up their message in this race. The ad doesn’t promote the Republican nominee, businessman John Raese, and doesn’t even employ all that much vigor to attack the Democratic nominee, the popular Gov. Joe Manchin. Instead the on-screen text simply says: “A vote for Manchin is a vote for Obama.”

Keep in mind that in the 2008 election, Obama only received 43% of the vote in this state, and the TPM Poll Average currently gives him only a 30.3% approval rating here, with 64.9% disapproval. As a result, the Obama card is an obvious way for Republicans to go in this historically Democratic state, in the race to get the Senate seat that was held for over 50 years by the late Dem Sen. Robert Byrd.

The ad features three blue-collar men in a diner, talking about how much they don’t like Obama.

“Joe’s not bad as governor, but when he’s with Obama–” says one man.

“He turns into ‘Washington Joe,'” another says.

The men conclude with one saying, “Yeah, well we better keep Joe Manchin right here in West Virginia.”

“Away from Washington,” says another.

“Yep,” the third man says. “It’s the only way we’re gonna stop Obama.”

The ad then concludes with that on-screen text: “A vote for Manchin is a vote for Obama.”

The TPM Poll Average gives Raese a lead of 48.1%-43.6%.

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