Great two minute advertisement from obama. Are they running this full thing on TV?

Blog: Obama talks to the camera in an unuusal, two-minute ad his campaign says is airing nationally and in the battleground states. He describes the econo

The Obama campaign goes up with a two-minute ad in which Obama directly addresses the camera as he lays out his plans to rescue the economy:The Obama campaign seemed caught off-guard by McCain's rather dramatic effort to transform himself into the race's real change agent. But this new spot, coming after days of ratcheted-up attacks on McCain over the economy, suggests that Team Obama is determined not to get outflanked by McCain's newfound effort amid the financial crisis to remake himself as a fire-breathing populist who will take on Wall Street.The long spot, which doesn't mention McCain, gives Obama a chance to accomplish a bunch of things at once. He alludes to today's financial turmoil, which Dems hope will transform the political environment to ensure that the economy decides the election, while also pointing out that he'd been addressing people's economic concerns far before the real crisis started.He lays out his plan with more specificity than you ordinarily get in an ad. He gives his call for an economic fix a patriotic cast: "We're Americans. We've met tough challenges before." And, in an effort to use the crisis to rise above the current political battles that have damaged him, he returns to his theme of new, post-partisan politics: "I approved this message because bitter, partisan fights and outworn ideas of the left and the right won't solve the problems we face today."Full script of the ad, which will air in battleground states around the country, after the jump. In the past few weeks, Wall Street's been rocked as banks closed and markets tumble. But for many of you -- the people I've met in town halls, backyards and diners across America -- our troubled economy isn't news. 600,000 Americans have lost their jobs since January. Paychecks are flat and home values are falling. It's hard to pay for gas and groceries and if you put it on a credit card they've probably raised your rates. You're paying more than ever for health insurance that covers less and less. This is...

Blog: Obama talks to the camera in an unuusal, two-minute ad his campaign says is airing nationally and in the battleground states. He describes the econo