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As presidential hopefuls Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama and Mike Huckabee all hit the airwaves this week, the debate on candidate advertising in Wisconsin has so far centered on, well, a debate.
An ad currently running in the state from the Clinton campaign explains that she has accepted an invitation to debate at Marquette University but Obama has not.
�Maybe he�d prefer to give speeches than answer questions,� the narrator says. �Wisconsin deserves to hear both candidates debate the issues that matter,� the narrator continues. �And that�s not debatable.�
The Obama campaign released a response to the ad Wednesday afternoon, saying Obama and Clinton have met for 18 debates so far and have two more planned for the next three weeks.
�It’s telling that Sen. Obama is spending the day offering substantive ideas on how to fix the housing crisis, offer relief to middle-class families and end the outsourcing of Wisconsin jobs, while Sen. Clinton is playing the same old Washington games,� said Dan Leistikow, Obama Wisconsin Campaign communications director, in an e-mail to The Badger Herald.
�Senator Clinton’s attacks won’t help pass universal health care, or restore one Wisconsin job that has been lost due to trade agreements like NAFTA that she supported,� Leistikow added.
Meanwhile, Obama has released an ad that shows him speaking to a small gathering of factory employees, saying if the plant moves to China they�re on their own, without pensions or health care.
�We’ve got to stop giving tax breaks to companies that are moving overseas and give those tax breaks to companies that are investing in the United States of America,� Obama says. �Enough is enough.�
Clinton has also run ads focused on her health care plan in the state.
Huckabee, the former Republican governor of Arkansas, has purchased 38 spots on WISN-TV in Milwaukee, starting Wednesday and totaling $29,500, and wispolitics.com reports he has also purchased 18 spots totaling $5,550 on WITI-TV, also in Milwaukee, starting today.
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Obama was in Madison Tuesday night. Hillary was in El Paso. That speaks for itself.
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Of course Obama is dodging the debates: a) he has tens of millions more than Hillary to spend on TV ads b) he doesn’t want to risk his momentum and mystique c) he’s a relatively poor debater but good speech reader. But I think spontaneous debates are the best window into a candidate’s ability to think on his or her toes. A good debater speaks fluently, has facts at the tip of his or her tongue, and makes quick decisions based on a wealth—or dearth—of information. Let’s get it on!
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This article is disgustingly biased toward Obama. Your editorial staff may be able to endorse Obama, but I�d like to remind the news desk they are supposed to supply balanced coverage, and point out inaccuracies in quotes. �It�s telling that Sen. Obama is spending the day offering substantive ideas on how to fix the housing crisis, offer relief to middle-class families and end the outsourcing of Wisconsin jobs, while Sen. Clinton is playing the same old Washington games,� said Dan Leistikow, Obama Wisconsin Campaign communications director, in an e-mail to The Badger Herald. Yes, but Clinton already rolled out specifics months ago, unlike Barack �sweeping promises and empty rhetoric� Obama. �Senator Clinton�s attacks won�t help pass universal health care, or restore one Wisconsin job that has been lost due to trade agreements like NAFTA that she supported,� Leistikow added. Neither will Obama�s plan pass universal health care. His campaign keeps misleadingly calling it �universal� health care, but universal it is not. He is proposing to lower costs. Clinton is the only candidate proposing universal health care. For Obama�s camp to label it as such is misleading. �Clinton has also run ads focused on her health care plan in the state.� Thanks for the equal coverage of her plan. Nice informative sentence. How about telling the people what they say?? Be careful BH, you�ve been turning into bias hacks for quite some time at your news desk.
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are you censoring comments criticizing your news coverage? hmmm, maybe i should send my comment (yes, i saved a copy in case) that wasn’t posted to some campus blogs…or post it in their comments… i was not lewd, derogatory, etc. just criticizing. post it!
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Who cares, there have been so many debates I don’t think another one is going to change a thing. Besides, Barack was here right away. Hillary has sent her husband and daughter here to campaign for her. I’m going to go with the guy who actually campaigns for himself.