"Factory," the first of several ads intended to rally support for President Obama's economic stimulus plan by applying pressure on several key Republican Senators, will soon hit the airwaves in Alaska; targeting Senator Lisa Murkowski, Iowa; aimed at Senator Charles Grassley, Maine; focusing on Senators Susan Collins and Olympia Snowe, New Hampshire; to pressure Senator Judd Gregg and Washington, D.C.
The ads are sponsored by four liberal groups including:the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees; Americans United for Change; MoveOn; and the Service Employees International Union and the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees.
The New York Times reports that: "Brad Woodhouse, the president of Americans United for Change, said the groups were paying $500,000 to run the spots against the senators, who they view as vulnerable to pressure. Whether they are remains to be seen."
In addition; the Times further reports that the groups now find themselves in a much different position from the past when they focused on attacking former-President Bush: "But in the meantime, the groups seem to be relishing their new role as presidential defenders. “It’s nice,” said Ilyse Hogue, the communications director of MoveOn.org. “President Obama campaigned on a very progressive platform and we will do everything we can to make sure that the progressive plans he campaigned on become a reality.”
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