GOP: Obama and Reid a Disastrous Duo
Updated at 3:45 p.m. ET
President Barack Obama and Senate majority leader Harry Reid are two peas in a pod, according to a new Republican National Committee TV advertisement released today -- and they are the politicians to blame for the unpopular government response to the country's financial crisis.
"It took thousands of men to erect Hoover dam and build modern Nevada," a narrator in the ad says. "But it only took two men to help tear down its economy: Barack Obama and Harry Reid."
The 30-second advertisement, set to air on cable television today, delves into the dominant issues of 2010 -- the economy, unemployment, bailouts and the deficit. These themes are especially resonant in Nevada, where the unemployment rate is 14 percent and the foreclosure rate is the highest in the United States.
The ad charges that the two Democrats are responsible for all the bailouts, handouts and takeovers of late, as well as for the nation's $13 trillion dollar budget deficit.
"When it comes to Nevada's economy, Obama and Reid are a bust," the ad concludes.
RNC spokeswoman Katie Wright said in an e-mail exchange that the advertisement is meant to "welcome the president to Nevada." Its release is timed with the president's trip to the state today to help Reid raise money for his toughest election campaign in nearly 24 years in the Senate.
Reid faces the Republican Tea Party candidate Sharron Angle this November.
The RNC ad comes one day after Reid's campaign released an advertisement with tape of Angle saying she's "not in the business of creating jobs."Angle also put out her own ad yesterday pointing to indicators that Nevada's economy has suffered since Reid became majority leader.
