A Project of the Center for Political Communication & Civic Leadership

"What If"

Date: August 9, 2007

Ad Buy: Markets in Iowa

Script:

(Text on screen: The Obama Story; Inspiring Hope)

BARACK OBAMA: I'm Barack Obama, and I approved this message.

ANNOUNCER: What if? What if there was hope instead of fear, unity instead of division? What if we had a president who believes that we are one nation?

BARACK OBAMA: There is not a liberal America and a conservative America. There is the United States of America.

ANNOUNCER: Barack Obama: an organizer who helped communities devastated by plant closings, a state legislator who brought Republicans and Democrats together, who won health care for 150,000 people, a leader with the judgment to oppose the Iraq war before it began, a senator who championed reforms to reign in the power of lobbyists.

(Text on screen: Chicago Tribune, 3-30-07; Worked across party lines, Chicago Tribune, 6-20-98; PA 93-0063, Signed into law 6-30-03; New York Times, 7-19-07; Chicago Tribune, 1-18-06)

What if we could restore America's place in the world and people's faith in our government?

BARACK OBAMA: We are one people, all of us pledging allegiance to the stars and stripes, all of us defending the United States of America.

(Text on screen: Join Us; Obama '08; Iowa.BarackObama.com; Paid For By Obama For America)