COLUMBUS – In a new television ad airing in Ohio and several other key battleground states, President Barack Obama is telling voters that a vote for Hillary Clinton is a vote to uphold his legacy.
Obama says in the ad that “all the progress we’ve made these last eight years is on the ballot.” He’s citing equally, justice, tolerance and respect for women as values he says Clinton would continue to promote.
It’s a sharp contrast from two years ago, when Obama was unpopular and Democrats winced when he occasionally said his policies were on the ballot in the midterms.
Clinton’s campaign says the ad is airing nationally, but mostly in Ohio, Florida, Pennsylvania and North Carolina.
Riding a 55 percent approval rating, Obama holds a rally for Clinton in Florida on Friday evening, kicking off a week when the president pulls out the stops to stump for his former rival, former Secretary of State and would-be successor.