A key labor union has started its first radio ad of the 2008 Kentucky U.S. Senate race -- a 60-second spot that slams Republican Senate Leader Mitch McConnell for supporting President Bush's tax cut package.
"McConnell backed Bush’s tax cuts for the rich – massive giveaways that sent the deficit through the roof and the economy into a tailspin," the AFL-CIO ad's announcer says. "So the big question is, who’s Mitch McConnell really working for? Folks like you who are getting the short end of the stick? Or the fat cats on Wall Street who Bush is giving all the breaks?"
The commercial also blames those tax breaks for sending "the deficit through the roof and the economy into a tailspin."
(CLICK HERE to hear the ad.)
Also on the radio today, Jeanne Shaheen delivered the weekly Democratic radio address this morning:
Aug. 23 (Bloomberg) -- Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama will offer a plan for reviving the economy and "rebuilding" the middle class at next week's Democratic national convention, former New Hampshire Governor Jeanne Shaheen said today.
Obama's plan would cut taxes for middle-class families and small businesses, giving 95 percent of Americans as much as $1,000, Shaheen said. Obama today announced he has chosen Senator Joseph Biden, a Delaware Democrat, to be his vice presidential running mate.
"We will not stop speaking out until we fix this economy and make it work for the middle class again," Shaheen said in the Democratic Party's weekly radio address. "And we'll do all this while bringing down the budget deficit, cutting unnecessary spending and government waste in Washington, and responsibly ending the war in Iraq."
(CLICK HERE to hear Shaheen's entire address.)
