Obama targets middle-class voters through airwaves Associated Press Copyright 2012 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Updated 05:07 p.m., Monday, May 7, 2012 EUCLID, Ohio (AP) — Targeting middle-class voters, President Barack Obama on Monday unveiled a sweeping $25 million, nine-state ad campaign whose centerpiece is a commercial portraying him as the steward of an economic comeback and confronting Republican criticism that recovery has sputtered on his watch. [...] we're coming back. Because America's greatness comes from a strong middle class. Because you don't quit, and neither does he. The presumptive GOP nominee is relying out outside groups — like the pro-Romney Restore Our Future political action committee — to keep him competitive on the air against Obama's behemoth campaign. The ad traces America's economic landscape from late 2008 and the massive economic downturn that crippled the U.S.