Per the Chicago Tribune's political blog The Swamp, the guy with the goatee in the Hillary Clinton ad is from Somerville, New Jersey and voted in the NJ primary on Super Tuesday, and is still registered there (though he recently moved to Bethlehem, PA, and plans to register and vote there in November.)
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Clyde is the guy who says, "the good people of Pennsylvania deserve a lot better than what Barack Obama said." He's done volunteer work for the campaign recently, and was asked by the campaign to appear in the ad (filmed in Bethlehem).
Clyde commented:
"It shouldn’t be a big deal. I explained it to the campaign," Thomas said in an interview. "I see Pennsylvanians for what they are. I grew up with the values of Pennsylvanians."
The campaign spokesman commented:
Asked about the fact that Thomas isn’t registered in Pennsylvania, Clinton campaign spokesman Mark Nevins said: "Clyde has deep roots in Pennsylvania and is moving back to the state after having voted in New Jersey in their primary for Hillary Clinton."
- I went through the most recent 100 diaries, and didn't see a diary title that made me think this was diaried - if it is, I'll try to remember how to delete a diary and...
- I can't get to YouTube now - so if someone could embed the commercial in comments, that would rock!
Thanks.