Special Interests Buy Ads for Obama

The SEIU (Service Employee International Union) unleashed an ad buy, in Pennsylvania, for Barack Obama who is already outspending Hillary Clinton 5:1 on the airwaves. The :30 second ad is titled "Change."

This is a smart spot.

No one likes high gas prices. And its always popular to beat-up Big Oil executives. (Note, the same folks who have given tons of cashed directly to Obama and raised him a reported $100,000 plus. But who's counting?)

And of course, no one but a few geeky editorial writers will note that 70% of the price of crude oil is set by the global market and a U.S. President has little to do with the issue. (What's he going to do, subsidize gas stations? Or give them a bailout? Or maybe amnesty from creditors?) Not to mention, that as percentages go, Exxon, for example, made a 9% profit last year or slightly less than what many special interest non-profits showed in net revenue like the SEIU, Planned Parenthood or the National Education Association.

Demagoguing is usually about ideological and class warfare, not facts, truth nor unity.

The SEIU is also smart to play big in the Keystone state which votes Tuesday, April 22nd. The big-money special interests are certainly getting in lock-step with the Obama effort.