AFSCME hits GOP over state aid

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http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0910/AFSCME_hits_GOP_over_state_aid.html

AFSCME hits GOP over state aid


At a moment when Republicans across the country are casting public workers and their unions as an increasingly dire threat to fiscal health, public labor giant AFSCME is set to announce a $1.5 million television, radio and Web campaign boosting Democrats and attacking Republicans in four battleground states: Michigan, Nevada, Ohio and Pennsylvania.

“We are going to do everything we can to make sure voters understand who worked to save our struggling economy and who chose to play politics with our lives and jobs,” AFSCME President Gerald McEntee said in release announcing the ads. “We will support those who stood with us. The choice in this election is too important for anyone to sit on the sidelines.”

The television spot aims most pointedly to reward Democrats — and punish Republicans — for their votes on an August jobs bill that included cash to help states avoid budget cuts that would have put teachers' jobs and Medicaid funding on the chopping block.

Ad here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nNID3QuC2HA&feature=player_embedded

[blue neen]

1. I'm looking forward to seeing the ads here in PA.

I'm sick to death of the Pat Toomey ads...let's see some Dems!

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