Moore's campaign ad
State Treasurer and Democratic candidate for governor Richard Moore is going to put a 2 minute ad on during the Sunday morning political chat shows. His campaign gave reporters a preview although not a copy today. Here's the text:
I'm Richard Moore. Soon we'll be choosing a new governor, and I want you to know why I'm running and how I'll manage our state.As state treasurer, I've been directly accountable to more than 700,000 public employees — teachers, police officers, you name it. They know what kind of results I've delivered, protecting their retirement and building one of the nation's strongest pension funds and making real reforms that allowed our state to invest millions more in education and health care. As governor, I will bring this same accountability to all of state government.
Look, we all agree what the big issues are: health care, schools, and creating good jobs. The big difference will be how our next governor approaches those challenges. The answer is not just spending more money and making more promises. It's about making better decisions, addressing our challenges head on and delivering results.
My top education priority will be to cut the High School dropout rate in half by teaching real job skills and holding our schools accountable. We will build schools faster and smarter with my school construction plan, saving millions to invest in quality teachers and reduced class size.
We will make sure every single child in North Carolina has health insurance, no excuses. We will improve the quality of health care by reducing waste and medical errors.
And we will build roads where they're needed, not where political insiders want them. It's time to end the slush funds and stop making transportation decisions behind closed doors based on special interests.
State government ought to spend less time studying problems and more time solving them. We need to stop pointing fingers and start pointing North Carolina in a new direction.
To do that, requires a governor willing to make tough decisions, a governor willing to take a different approach. Starting day 1, that's what I'll do.
Two minutes is a loooooong time for a campaign ad, which is why you're only going to see this one air Sunday morning. Reduxed 30-second versions will begin airing Monday.
Moore's campaign said they will spend about $200,000 a week on ads.
Lt. Gov. Beverly Perdue, Moore's chief rival for the Democratic nomination, is scheduled to go on the air Monday but her campaign has refused to preview or release copies of the ad.