Debt

Bayh And Conrad Endorse $20M 'OweNo' National Debt Ad Campaign (VIDEO)

Eric Kleefeld | November 9, 2010, 5:15PM

Ad From Peter G. Peterson Foundation, "Rally"

Sen. Kent Conrad (D-ND) and retiring Sen. Evan Bayh (D-IN) are giving their endorsement to a new ad campaign called "OweNo," seeking to expand public awareness about the national debt -- and signaling an opening volley in the Social Security debate, the Huffington Post reports,

OweNo? Hasn't she ruined everything she touches?

The ad campaign is being run by the Peter G. Peterson foundation, created by the former Nixon-era Secretary of Commerce and co-founder of the budget hawk group the Concord Coalition. The first ad -- part of a $20 million campaign -- does not feature Bayh or Conrad, but a fictional politician named "Hugh Jidette," and his crowd of supporters who stop cheering once he describes his policies of spending more money and passing the tab on to their kids.

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