OH, MI, WI: AFL-CIO mail campaign aimed at defining Obama for union voters
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From Hotline On Call:
The AFL-CIO begins a ramped-up campaign to define Sen. Barack Obama with union members and their families in battleground states, focusing heavily on working-class, swing union voters in OH, MI, PA and WI. The goal, per union officials, is to dispel the many rumors circulating about Obama via two new mailers, dropped today, that ask and answer still-looming questions about the candidate. The union will send the pieces to 600K swing voters living in the four critical battleground states. ... Union officials tell On Call that the mailers mark the launch of a massive August campaign to clearly define Obama for millions of union voters, and to contrast the Democrat's policies and plans with those of his GOP rival, John McCain.The blog item also says a TV ad about John McCain's economic priorities remains on the air in six states, including Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio and Wisconsin.
Read the full Hotline On Call item
Read a previous MidwestPolitics blog post on AFL-CIO efforts
