(CNN) - The Democratic White House hopefuls took to the airwaves Friday to battle over national security credentials, with Hillary Clinton’s campaign releasing a tough new ad that pegged her as the presidential candidate best-prepared to take on foreign crises, and Barack Obama’s team responding with the re-release of a spot that painted him as the White House hopeful with the best judgment to be commander-in-chief.
“It’s 3 a.m. and your children are safe and asleep. But there’s a phone in the White House, and it’s ringing. Something’s happened in the world,” says the announcer in the 30-second Clinton spot, which is set begin running in Texas Friday. A phone rings insistently over images of sleeping children.
“Your vote will decide who answers the call. Whether it’s someone who already knows the world’s leaders, knows the military. Someone tested and ready to lead in a dangerous world.
“It’s 3 a.m. and your children are safe and asleep. Who do you want answering the phone?”
The Clinton campaign said the new ad - titled “Children” - is meant to make voters ponder “who they want in the White House during a crisis.”
Within roughly an hour of the ad’s debut, the Obama campaign announced that it was re-releasing “Gulf,” a 30-second spot that first ran prior to the Iowa caucuses. The ad features retired Air Force Gen. Merrill McPeak, a former combat pilot who was the service’s highest-ranking uniformed officer during the first Gulf War.
“As a combat pilot and Air Force chief during Desert Storm, lives depended on the judgments I made,” McPeak says in the spot. “And judgment is what we need from our next commander in chief. Barack Obama opposed this war in Iraq from the start, showing insight and courage others did not.”
McPeak backed John Kerry in the 2004 presidential race.
– CNN Associate Political Editor Rebecca Sinderbrand
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I just had a shudder with visions of Hillary sitting up in bed with one of those mud masks on, curlers in her hair and wearing a flowery housecoat to answer the White House phone. Couldn't we just have Momma be president?
Obama, '08, Oh yeah!
You go Hillary!!! I may still get to vote democrat woo-hoo, I sure do NOT foresee that happening if Obama gets the nod!
I am so disaqppointed in you people!!!
If you want National Security, honestly want it, than there is NO WAY you will be voting for Obama, or clinton.
Clinton will do what her husband did, cut the military and raise taxes. But how is clinton going to make our country secure.
Obama doesn't want to be in Iraq, but he says he would go into Pakastan
I want Hilary to answer the phone so she can hand it to Obama for him to address the crisis.
Go Obama 08
go! HILLARY....IS THE PERSON I WANT IN CHARGE..WE TOOK A CHANCE ON BUSH AND THAT WAS A MISTAKE..OH! i see men are afaird of a strong woman for president...stand up for hillary like the blacks stand for obama....
Why has no one said over & over again like Obama has done about him voting against the war in Iraq when he was not able to cast a vote because he was not in the senate at the time of the vote. Yes he was against the war like millions of us were, but again he was unable to cast a vote.
Three words: POLITICS OF FEAR
This is the kind of Rovian and Kristolian fear-mongering that will set us back for decades. This is why the Republicans will win in November. In a way it sort of reminds me of the Daisy ad by Lyndon B. Johnson's campaign.
I am a supporter of Hillary Clinton, but she has to get rid of whoever in her campaign that keeps putting this crap out.
This is fear mongering and it's very GOP, which is a terrible move for her (the latest in a series of terribly amateur mistakes made by her campaign). It's also desperate.
I would want Obama, who would make swift and sound judgements, to pick up the phone. She can't even make it through a debate without looking hysterical. It seems she is always one contingency away from a panic attack–why is that appealing to people? She can barely direct her upper level campaign staff–a person who has PLENTY of experience in campaigning –both for herself and her husband (since the early 80s for the Arkansas exec. office). Her campaign is making miserable mistakes despite all of that EXPERIENCE campaigning–so what makes her years in the Senate and years as first lady enough evidence for you people to think that she has the judgement and experience to run the country better than this failing, miserable campiagn. She has too much ego to be president. Bushette.
Vote Obama, Texas and Ohio.
Obama of course, Hillary will be too busy keeping Bill out of trouble.
Obama 08'/12'
Of course I want Hillary to answer it. I'd love to hear her yell into the phone "WHY DO I GET THE FIRST QUESTIONS ALL THE TIME IT'S NOT FAIR!!!" and then start crying and saying the media hates her.
Yup, she's soooo presidential.
Fear mongering yet again. Didn't the one in the white house now get voted in for the second time using those tactics? And as to you question Hillary I know I don't have the phone number to the white house as I'm sure most don't. But for the sake of argument let's pretend shall we......
Middle of the night the phone rings.. Hillary answers. Voice on the phone Hillary wake up I did it again!!! Hillary...What Bill? Bill..I missed and got stuff on another dress. Hillary.. Oh silly Billy not to worry we have been through this before and we will again. Now come home and help me make up some crisis so that we can sweep this under the carpet.
This is not the voice I want answering the phone of the white house.
Obama 08
moderator I know you're not going to post this
GEORGE BUSH IS CALLING AT 3AM IN THE MORNING ASKING FOR A VOTE IN THE IRAQ WAR!
HILLARY ANSWERED THE CALL AND SAID "YES"
OBAMA ANSWERED THE CALL AND SAID "NO"
PLEASE HILLARY, YOU'VE ALREADY SCARED MY CHILDREN WITH YOUR "YES" VOTE IN IRAQ!
WE WANT SOMEONE WHO WILL SAY "NO" TO IRAQ WAR AND KEEP MY CHILDREN SAFE!
VOTE OBAMA – YES, WE CAN!!!
Too many people are saying Obama is too young to be president. If elected, he'll be a year older than Bill Clinton was when he was elected president!
I dont want a fear mongering person, who acts schizophernic and bipolar, to answer that call...
I want some one even headed and sujective, who has a vision and can lead the nation....
Did I answer that question?
I want Barack Obama to answer that call. Hillary could not manage her primary campaign, not to talk of answering a fear mongering phone call @ 3:00A.M. Instead of taking the call, she would reach out for Bill first as her co-president.
“It’s 3 a.m. and your children are safe and asleep. Who do you want answering the phone?”
Any one want Barack Hussein Obama to answer that phone????????????????????????????????????????????????
Of Course Hillary!!!!! Obama would let the voicemail get it then call you and ask you waht you would do!! Thats what he always does. Copy you on everything!
Vote Smart..VOTE HILLARY!!!
Hillary cannot run her campaign properly or with any vision of possibly of maybe it wont be over after super tuesday. Make no mistake, her inability to run a campaign is what we will get as a President. Not to mention she doesnt even have her tax reports in order. Yeah looks like she is ready on day one! Same old back room politics. That is why she is losing, not because of the media or that she is a woman or anything else she wants to whine about.
Will Hillary read the full intelligence report or just the Cliff Notes prior to answering the phone?
I wonder how many American children will have nightmares after hearing that ad...and how many parents are trying to comfort their children.
What a ridiculous ad to run. It speaks to the desperation of the Clinton campaign and their belief that people will be scared enough to change their vote for Obama.
For me, NO WAY!!!
I trust Hillary to answer the call. She will make sure we are safe. She has kept New York safe and will keep us safe as Comander and chief.
Wow Hillary, or should i say "Chicken Little". The Lets promote fear tactic is a republican move. I guess you do cross party lines
Obama 08
Ohh Yeah
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Word on the street sez... " Wow.. she will be up at night just to take that Phone call…??? "
No... she's up at waiting for Bill to sneak in the back door...
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McCain '08 – A Change We Can Live With
A B O
Anyone But Obama
Just had my bumper sticker made today!
Do we really want someone who is "too busy" to answer that phone? After all, Obama has admitted that he was too busy running a campaign to attend to business in Washington – like Afghanistan.