from the nrcsc, the republican campaign committee in the senate races. the one with the working-class guy sitting around a diner. it seems like it s down in west virginia somewhere. let s listen. obama s messing things up. spending money we don t have. yeah. stimulus, obama care? and joe manchin supported it all. well apparently that was filmed somewhere in south philly. it turns out those weren t frustrated west virginia guys, they were actors. here s part of the casting call for the commercial that came out. quote, we re going for a hicky, blue collar look. think coal miner trucker looks, clothing suggestions, jeans, work boots, flannel shirt, john deere hats, governor joe manchin running for the senate took offense early today. let s listen to that. running for a hicky blue collar look. i don t know where they re coming off of calling hicky blue
off of calling hicky-blue collar work. first of all the coal miners provide the energy that all of us in this nation enjoy and the truck drivers deliver the goods and the energy that we depend upon, are some of the most god-fearing, family loving people. you ve been here, andrea, you know how strong these people, and how good they are. if my opponent and his friends feel that way about it, then shame on him. well, one of the points of the ad, if they had not gotten into this flap over where they shot it, and the casting call, the point of the ad was to try to tie you to barack obama, who s not that popular in west virginia. are you going to have the president come on and campaign for you? the president s not running for the u.s. senate in west virginia and i am. historically i ve never had people come and campaign for me. i ve always done my own campaigns. basically you would have someone who was not in the political arena come in. but other than that, i ve not done that. so with t
running for a hicky blue collar look. i don t know where they re coming off of calling hicky blue collar work. first of all, the coal miners who provide the energy that all of us in this nation enjoy and the truck drivers that deliver the goods and the energy that we depend upon are some the most god-fearing family loving people. you ve been here, andrea, and you know how strong these people, how good they are but if my opponent and his friends feel that way about it, then shame on him. a spokesman for the national republican senate committee said, no went on nrsc had anything to do with the language used in the casting call. and the ad has been pulled. this could be a turnaround moment for manchin, who trails the republican by six points? according to pollster.com. let s go to the strategist, steve mcmahon, a democratic strategist. and don feehery is a republican strategist. i ve got to go to john. this is more crocodile tears than i ve ever seen in politics.
the one with the working class guy sitting around a diner. it seems like it s down in west virginia somewhere. let s listen. obama s messing things up. spending money we don t have. yeah. stimulus, obama care? and joe manchin supported it all. well, apparently that was filmed somewhere in south philly. it turns out those weren t frustrated west virginia working guys, they were actors. here s part of the casting call for the commercial that came out. quote, we re going for a hicky blue collar look. think coal miner trucker looks, clothing suggestions, jeans, work boots, flannel shirts, john deere hats, governor joe manchin running for the senate took offense earlier today. let s listen to that. running for a hicky blue collar look. i don t know where they re coming off of calling hicky blue collar work. first of all, the coal miners