Clinton Launches New Ringing Phone Ad on Economy
That darn phone is ringing at 3 a.m. again. On this time it isn't Gen. David Petraeus from Iraq -- it's Ben Bernanke from the Fed, sleepless over home foreclosures.
In a new ad launched today, (that uses a lot of the same footage from her 3 a.m. security ad) Clinton argues that she's best prepared to deal with the current financial crisis in the United States. But it isn't Sen. Barack Obama who is targeted by the ad -- it's Republican presidential nominee Sen. John McCain.
Here's the ad:
It's an interesting ad, considering that the president doesn't really control the economy in a way that could be handled at 3 in the morning.
In a conference with senior Clinton advisers this afternoon to discuss the ad, a reporter asked just what specific experience does Clinton have to deal with a crisis of this kind?
Chief Clinton strategist Mark Penn called a it a fair question, but said the answer is broader than what was being suggested. He said that nothing can really prepare you for being president until you are actually in the job, but that you want a person in that position with a lifetime of experience that they can bring to the situation.
When pressed further for an example, Communications Director Howard Wolfson pointed to the resources that Sen. Clinton, along with many others, was able to help bring to New York after the 9/11 attacks
4:40 PM ET | 04- 2-2008 | permalink
