Today, the "We" Campaign launched a new national television ad aimed at promoting the campaign's challenge to repower America -- by generating 100 percent of America's electricity from truly clean sources within 10 years.
The ad, entitled "Switch," (http://www.wecansolveit.org/switch) features Americans of all backgrounds -- rural and urban, blue collar and white collar -- making the change from fossil fuels to cleaner, renewable forms of energy by symbolically "turning on" a giant, 25-foot light switch. Actor William H. Macy narrates the ad.
"America's three great national challenges -- our economy, national security and climate change -- can all be addressed by switching to renewable energy," said Cathy Zoi, CEO of the nonpartisan Alliance for Climate Protection, which is managing the "We" Campaign. "The Olympics are a time for all Americans to reflect on our nation's achievements and what we as a people can do together. Choosing the right path and repowering our nation is something we can do, and something that will benefit us all."
Just as "change" is the key word in this election and mistaking the mood of the electorate helped cost Hillary Clinton and her supporters the nomination, the key word for the next cycle is likely to be "switch" and misjudging the electorate will have the same results.
