Sponsor: MoveOn PAC

MoveOn Political Action Committee is an independent group opposed to President Bush’s reelection. This 30-second television commercial began airing Tuesday on local channels in Ohio and Nevada. It was also expected to run on cable TV in Washington and New York as part of a $700,000 advertising buy.

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Script: Voice: “When the candidates debate, remember who they’re speaking for.” Corporate executive: “Under George Bush, we get tax breaks for sending jobs overseas.” Factory worker: “John Kerry will end those tax breaks and create jobs in America.” Pharmaceutical executive: “Bush’s Medicare bill gave us billions.” Woman: “John Kerry will give everyone access to the same health plan Congress gets.” Utility executive: “Bush is allowing us to keep on polluting.” Child with asthma wheezes. Voice: “The corporations’ choice or the people’s choice.”

Images: Kerry and Bush are shown at lecterns, as if in debate. The images of the candidates are replaced by various figures represented in the script -- Bush by the executives and Kerry by the worker, woman and child.

Analysis: This commercial promotes the economic and healthcare agendas of Sen. John F. Kerry, the presumed Democratic nominee for president. On jobs, the current tax code does offer various tax breaks to multinational corporations. Kerry wants to eliminate some breaks. Bush denies that his policies encourage the flow of jobs overseas. On Medicare, the new prescription drug law opens up a lucrative market for pharmaceutical companies while shielding them from direct government intervention to lower prices and from potential competition through Canadian imports. Backers of the law say government price controls would deter innovation and severely damage the industry; they also question the safety of imported drugs. On the environment, Bush has eased some clean-air rules established by his predecessors. Critics say this rewards polluters; Republicans say the administration has a balanced, pragmatic approach to environmental concerns. Overall, the ad seeks to frame the election as a populist battle in which Republicans represent the few and Democrats the many.

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Compiled by Times staff writer Nick Anderson