January 30, 2008

Video: Obama-Kennedy ad in LA, Bay Area

Illinois Sen. Barack Obama is launching a new television ad in California's Democratic strongholds featuring the endorsement of Caroline Kennedy, the daughter of the late President John F. Kennedy.

Featuring footage of President Kennedy and man on the moon, Caroline Kennedy, who endorsed Obama over the weekend in an op-ed in the New York Times, compares Obama to her father saying, "Once we had a President who made people feel hopeful about America and brought us together to do great things."

"Today Barack Obama gives us that same chance," she adds.

Of course, Obama rival Sen. Hillary Clinton has some Kennedys of her own. In an op-ed in Tuesday's Los Angeles Times, Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Kerry Kennedy backed Clinton.

"By now you may have read or heard that our cousin, Caroline Kennedy, and our uncle, Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, have come out in favor of Sen. Barack Obama. We, however, are supporting Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton because we believe that she is the strongest candidate for our party and our country," they wrote.

As for the TV ad, it is airing in the Los Angeles and San Francisco media markets, as well as national cable television, according to the campaign.

Watch the ad below:

Posted by Shane Goldmacher on January 30, 2008 9:18 AM