The Romney campaign's latest ad in Pennsylvania is specifically geared to appeal to families harmed by Obama's "war on coal". With the latest report from ABC News, previously discussed here, showing that ABC News has moved Pennsylvania from "safe" Obama to "leans" Obama, Romney is putting resources into garnering as many vote in PA as possible.
"Crushed By Your Policies" details below:
Four years ago, Barack Obama said building a coal-powered plant will bankrupt you. Now, 22 Pennsylvania coal facilities will close or convert. Mitt Romney will support coal and get North America energy independent.
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Via Washington Examiner:
The ad opens with video of Obama saying, in 2008, that “if somebody wants to build a coal plant, they can – it’s just that it will bankrupt them” before telling voters that “22 Pennsylvania Coal Units Announced They Will Close Or Convert.”
Coal companies haven’t been shy about blaming Obama and his Environmental Protection Agency for their troubles. “[T]he escalating costs and uncertainty generated by recently advanced EPA regulations and interpretations have created a challenging business climate for the entire coal industry,” PBS Coals Inc. President and CEO D. Lynn Shank said in a statement announcing that 228 workers were being laid off.
A mine manager in the company also faulted Obama for waging a “war on coal seeking to destroy the coal industry and the jobs of our own employees and the livelihoods of their families.”
To appeal to such voters, the Romney ad closes with his comments in the Denver presidential debate. “I like coal,” Romney said to Obama. “I’m going to make sure we can continue to burn clean coal. People in the coal industry feel like it’s getting crushed by your policies. I want to get America and North America energy independent so we can create those jobs.”