Posted by Jed Lewison on Mon Aug 4, 2008 at 10:50 AM Pacific

Barack Obama versus John McCain and George Bush

The basic message of Obama's new TV ad: while John McCain and George Bush are on the side of big oil companies, Barack Obama is fighting for you.

The ad is one of the most overtly populist TV spots of Obama's campaign so far. It ties McCain's support from big oil ($2 million in contributions) to his plan to cut taxes on oil companies by another $4 billion, and it contrasts the Bush-McCain agenda for big oil to Obama's plan to use a windfall profits tax on oil companies to fund a $1,000 energy rebate for working families.

Barack Obama versus John McCain and George Bush

The basic message of Obama's new TV ad: while John McCain and George Bush are on the side of big oil companies, Barack Obama is fighting for you.

The ad is one of the most overtly populist TV spots of Obama's campaign so far. It ties McCain's support from big oil ($2 million in contributions) to his plan to cut taxes on oil companies by another $4 billion, and it contrasts the Bush-McCain agenda for big oil to Obama's plan to use a windfall profits tax on oil companies to fund a $1,000 energy rebate for working families.

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