DNC to push Obama vets bill in crucial swing states

Democrats will tout the first part of President Obama's jobs plan that appears likely to pass the Senate in a television ad set to air next week in three states crucial to his reelection.

The ad, which will air in New Mexico, Ohio and North Carolina, highlights Obama's efforts to secure employment for veterans by offering tax credits to those who hire them.

"I served my country and can’t find a job," Steve Gallucci, who served in Iraq, says in the ad. "This jobs plan definitely is going to do that."

A narrator adds that the plan is fully paid for "by asking millionaires and corporations to pay their fair share."

While Obama's jobs plan as a whole was rejected by Republicans, the veterans component is a rare example of an Obama initiative that has enjoyed bipartisan support. The tax credits, which were added as an amendment to a bill affecting government contracting, are expected to pass the Senate before Veterans Day on Friday.

The Democratic National Committee will air the ad on cable and broadcast stations for one week in Albuquerque, N.M., Dayton, Ohio and two media markets in North Carolina.

All three are swing states that Obama won in 2008 and are part of the president's path to reelection victory in 2012. Obama has traveled to Ohio and North Carolina as part of his push to rally support for his jobs plan.