The conservative Judicial Confirmation Network is running this ad in Ohio and parts of Pennsylvania and Ohio.

Like a video released a few weeks ago by the conservative Catholic group Fidelis, the ad tells voters that there are more important concerns than the economy. The difference between now and 2004 is that cultural conservatives appear to be much less receptive to that message due to their economic woes. That’s a big part of the reason that white Catholics who attend church weekly are now evenly split between John McCain and Barack Obama.

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