The American Jobs Act – ‘pass this bill’

Posted by AzBlueMeanie:

If there’s going to be any progress at all in Washington on job creation, President Obama’s speech to Congress last week to introduce The American Jobs Act was just the first step of many. Political Animal – A coordinated push for the American Jobs Act:

With that in mind, the Democratic National Committee launched a couple of new spots this morning, including this one:

The other spot ("Relief"), using the same excerpt from Obama’s speech, includes the tag line, “Read it. Fight for it” alongside the url to the American Jobs Act website.

While parties and party committees often release spots like these as “web videos” — meaning they’ll never actually be aired on television anywhere — these new DNC ads are actual commercials that will air. Indeed, this appears to be the biggest DNC effort so far in 20011, airing the ad in Denver, Tampa, Orlando, Des Moines, Las Vegas, Manchester, Raleigh, Charlotte, Columbus, Cleveland, Norfolk, Richmond, Roanoke, and D.C. The fact that all of these cities, except D.C., are in key 2012 battleground states is not a coincidence.

The DNC is also reportedly buying time on facebook, YouTube, Hulu, Pandora, and online outlets like the Huffington Post, running two separate ads. ("Relief" and "Tomorrow," below).

This is, in other words, a major push from Democrats.

UPDATE: Forecasting firm Macroeconomic Advisers just sent out their prediction: 1.3 million jobs in 2012, and another 0.8 million in 2013. And they say the true number is likelier to be higer than that. Read their full analysis here. h/t Ezra Klein's Wonkblog.