Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama launched a new TV ad in Lexington and Bowling Green this weekend that features an Illinois miner praising the candidate for his work on coal issues.
"He came to southern Illinois and seen the devastation and the loss of the jobs in the coal industry," said Randy Henry, who is identified as a miner for 31 years. "Washington, D.C., is not listening to us. Barack understands it."
The commercial highlights Obama's key accomplishment as pushing a provision in 2007 to provide $200 million for clean coal technology. The proposal -- sponsored by Obama and four others, including Kentucky Republican U.S. Sen. Jim Bunning -- was passed unanimously as an amendment to the 2008 budget resolution.
Obama's new ad focuses on coal
