You're watching...
T.J. McCormack & Jehmu Greene discuss the effectiveness of each campaign’s attack ads at reaching the independent voter
Also in this playlist...
Auto-advance: ON
Auto-advance
This transcript is automatically generated
-- -- TJ do you think that the people who in fact.
Will be able to cut through the dense and do you think these ads will be as effective as each candidate hopes I think it's.
Who they're going after somebody's bad seem like they're intended to fire that makes them both sides they go out -- red meat meanwhile dozens of people -- -- -- to -- crawl -- broken -- to vote for their -- no matter what.
So if they're going for what world we all contend is that that middle bunch stats X percent.
Of independents and moderates.
I.
I have yet to really see an ad that goes after that -- -- for either guy really I think and it's still fiery red meat stop.
Maybe those that they'll come later during the beginning may be that particulars sector of the voting population they're not really -- in at this point yet.
You know it's hard passively sometimes that people and not -- -- as we do every day there's one thing that I would -- though.
I am so happy that I live in the state and is not going to be contested.
And I'm not going to be with bombarded by the number of ads than a billion dollars in campaign spending is going to produce slow imagine.
I think I -- yeah -- residents of those nine states and I mean I had.
Disagree a little bit with plenty -- I do think that.
-- they -- going for those independent voters think the ads that we've seen with many of the web ads -- making treatment -- responding and not -- accusations stay out there.
In the same -- that John Kerry kind of let this week that would mean stay out there and didn't respond to -- some -- Just so many web ads immediately come out after anything the president's -- anything governor Romney says.
And what the reality pulls down -- -- is that.
Millions of dollars that are going to be spent in this campaign are really targeted at.
A small number of very small percentage of people in the United States so looking at how much is it her vote that these ads are actually.
-- -- and I know there's some mathematician out -- at the end and to figure it out but.
Let me and I think the anonymous independent television with a pad and pencil and I don't think most Americans are going to be this.
And do homework based on these commercial -- was.
I don't think so either but you went into words for votes.
Now when the American people see these super pacs and that seems to be a small group of people paying for these ads and they have their own political agenda.
Should people be nervous that wait -- -- -- -- -- mean that really count as much can the money will speak more than.
My little.
Not -- them in the -- absolutely.
And I think that people should be terrified.
Of what we're going to see in this campaign with.
Now the ability for -- tax and spend it for individuals to spend unlimited amounts of money they think they -- there's a huge gap the difference between.
We -- you see.
-- donors giving money to president Obama's campaign and alerts innocent giving money to governor Romney in the super pacs.
He is still there's that Coke Brothers sound and now this thing.
Those individuals they have contributing to governor Romney so they can make more money so their businesses.
Can profit -- welcome an inside your game.
Okay we -- let's say if I think -- -- -- to him for the middle class to grounds he.
He insisted that -- is something that's funny you know I don't how does how does how does how does and how does fifteen million dollars and one -- -- what do what did that.
Clooney party do and an adult film is sure you know they yeah definitely color and where the money will go to.
But without any of those some donors memory three dollar -- -- -- dollar beneath snow.
I don't know I don't -- million homes and I think millions and -- including living.
Whereas basketball court how did that -- -- has the money heard from and -- what -- gonna go to.
-- the middle class that because.
Barack Obama's policies are favored.
-- -- targeted towards the middle class wins.
Governor Romney's policies will benefit the wealthy you already have been want to have more and hold onto the middle class -- -- -- How much are things better for you right now today -- anywhere in 2009.
January.
It took all -- it.
I hate it that they have -- -- Ohio residents and lights it is I've ever -- out there on the end and President Obama speaking in Ohio 250 miles apart and it's confident and -- to go into that state.
That was saved by the out of bail out -- -- you know said shouldn't have happened.
And unemployment numbers aren't significantly below the national average is -- and many of these this small of -- -- many of those states and he has to compete on that you have to take out of Obama's column.
The unemployment rate is lower than the national -- I had pain of friends all I.
Hey anything that I have a chat from whenever.
It -- is fair comment from -- EST saying I don't -- -- -- into political ads from either party.
Neither of them are very truthful he's saying that the quote I watch what people do not do not what they say.
So at this point then what is it bad that governor Romney -- talk to you TJ but -- what is it that governor Romney has to do.
In order to resonate with the people in what is it that the people expected retirement of the middle class.
Would do they need to hear from him.
I well what they need to hear what I want to hear is not so much that I'm here I I didn't like it will and I still don't like it when I hear.
President Obama whose campaign slogan is forward.
Look back and blame men and and make excuse I want I want better -- from from mommy I want better from Romney.
I want him to talk about what he is going to do I want you to talk instead of blaming President Obama.
I wanna I wanna hear more from.
Romney about policy I want to hear more about what he's gonna do how he's gonna cut taxes how he's going to.
Cut spending I wanna hear what his job plans I want to hear more articulating of what he's going to do on a positive.
Thing going forward as opposed to simply.
Looking at Pennsylvania Avenue and saying look -- -- on the -- You know if you want to hear that in your radio show I imagine your -- what -- Folks are saying as well when do you think you're good news to hear that I don't know we're calling for it -- you know I'm I'm hoping it happens more and more I'd like to hear more things.
You know positives in tough talk about talk about supporting the pipeline talk about.
About how you gonna it.
-- -- You know increase oil production in on on federal lands in -- talk -- those such -- thing.
Explain why also you know -- instead of just -- up their rhetoric about.
What about why he was against the bailout of of the -- talk about why talk about it that's not them the role the federal government talk about what you know why that was a quid pro quo for -- For the unions at such a ticket and also.
So -- Obama would love for him to continue to talk about why he did not support the auto bailout because his numbers in the states that are now driving because of it from that.
Supply chain that goes down I out of -- again and -- -- sure I think Democrats would would actually welcome that but yeah.
Governor Romney is actually starting to say what his specific policy positions I just last week he said that.
We don't need to be hiring more teachers and firefighters and policemen and kind of made a statement that.
You separated by planting seasons and -- -- from the rest of the American people that's a pretty specific and clear vision.
How he wants to continue to lay off.
These first responders and teachers in states.
Because he -- that's how the economy is when -- broke.
Anyone who understands business knows that the problem with the economy right now is a lack of demand.
If people lose their jobs they're not going to have money to spend in the business is an opinion you and it's going.
-- to President Obama really can't unlimited when President Obama talks about specifically see his I think it's not business as usual the American people.
And -- Wisconsin.
I showed this the American people are lot more sophisticated.
Then the left thinks they know -- President Obama starts talking about specifically in the same order teachers.
Policeman -- -- they know that he is tipping his cap.
22.
Public sector unions that is exactly who is talking to it's about the union positions it's a Democrat votes it's about -- And neither do I don't drive -- is but it are.
People always gets it.
I think declaration that it means that and it isn't that people that you want to say it is is that -- organize these individuals not demonizing individuals he's the he's he's he's talking about the owner Richie contract cities now he's talking about -- -- ways to register onerous civil contracts and the unholy alliance between.
Politicians and the unions that benefit each -- there's an unholy.
Effect with effect Friday Delano Roosevelt was -- -- unhappy about 400000.
Jobs.
You -- with teachers and firefighters and -- -- because state and local budgets have not been able to keep up with exactly that is and that's not about the unions.
But that's about that's because of -- -- it did it help the states not to lose those.
Those workers.
Now -- that led to his run out you know it's important that in a recession now that the federal government.
Steps in and provides that help okay it is -- even add a little Angel.
