# Obama's 17-minute campaign ad on YouTube

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obamas-17-minute-campaign-ad-on-youtube/615930>\
**Category:** Politics & Elections\
**Created:** [March 16, 2012, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obamas-17-minute-campaign-ad-on-youtube/615930 "2012-03-16T04:43:35Z")\
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**Author:** ![With\_Rye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/838e76/32.png) [@With\_Rye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/With_Rye)\
**Post date:** [March 16, 2012, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obamas-17-minute-campaign-ad-on-youtube/615930/1 "2012-03-16T04:43:35Z")

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Narrated by Tom Hanks!

> **[BarackObamadotcom](https://www.youtube.com/barackobama?source=RoadWeveTraveled-20120315-HP)**
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> Obama for America
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> Welcome to the official Obama for America YouTube channel. Watch videos of President Obama and clips of grassroots supporters organizing around the President's agenda for change.
> 
> Subscribe to get the latest videos!

It’s too polished for my tastes. Lots of still shots of him looking somber and thoughtful. It hits the main points though, with a nice graph of job numbers before and after he took office.

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**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\
**Post date:** [March 16, 2012, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obamas-17-minute-campaign-ad-on-youtube/615930/2 "2012-03-16T21:22:56Z")

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As a Obama supporter I liked it, and think that basically makes the core arguments for why he should be re-elected. I don’t know how it will go over for those who aren’t already on his side. Even though it is true, blaming current economy on something that happened 4 years earlier is likely to be a hard sell.

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**Author:** ![River\_Hippie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/river_hippie/32/26_2.png) [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\
**Post date:** [March 17, 2012, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obamas-17-minute-campaign-ad-on-youtube/615930/3 "2012-03-17T01:17:33Z")

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As long as it helps get him get re-elected I’m all for it!

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**Author:** ![Try2B\_Comprehensive](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/try2b_comprehensive/32/65_2.png) [@Try2B\_Comprehensive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Try2B_Comprehensive)\
**Post date:** [March 17, 2012, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obamas-17-minute-campaign-ad-on-youtube/615930/4 "2012-03-17T03:54:33Z")

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It does play to Obama’s strengths…