U.S. Rep. Joe Sestak, the Democratic candidate for Senate, is launching his first TV commercial of the fall campaign Tuesday, a populist spot that slams his Republican opponent as a corporate champion indifferent to the middle-class.
Former U.S. Rep. Pat Toomey "thinks corporations shouldn't pay any taxes," the ad says, using a clip from a 2007 CNBC telecast in which he advocated eliminating corporate taxes to help U.S. firms compete internationally and thus create more jobs.
Next, a series of mostly black-and-white photos of worried-looking families appears, as an announcer says, "The middle class is struggling." Then Toomey is shown speaking at a podium, with images of the New York Stock Exchange and the Wall Street sign in the background.
