Video: Dewhurst Releases New Senate Campaign Ad
Promising an "unapologetically conservative" campaign, Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst today jumped into the Republican primary race to succeed Kay Bailey Hutchison in the U.S. Senate. Among other promises he made in a video sent to supporters, he pledged to support the controversial "Cut, Cap and Balance" budget plan under discussion in Congress.
In his fledgling campaign for U.S. Senate, Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst is leap-frogging his Texan opponents to take aim at President Barack Obama. On Wednesday morning, he released a new campaign ad that attacked the president's leadership and capitalized on the public's growing dissatisfaction with dismal job growth politics in the nation's capital.
The first half of the 54-second spot begins by showing a series of videos that highlight the president's perceived failures, complete with somber music and black and white video. In the final 24 seconds, viewers are introduced to Dewhurst through a series of colorful photos and videos the campaign claims "highlight the positive response to David Dewhurst's campaign for U.S. Senate."
Watch the ad below:
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