Girl In Clinton Ad Would Rather Have Obama Answer That Phone

Mon, March 10, 2008 - 12:28 PM

The little girl shown sleeping in Hillary Clinton's "Children" ad, which asked voters who they want answering the White House phone at 3 a.m. when "something's happening in the world" has some bad news for the Clinton campaign: She'd rather have Barack Obama answering that call.

Casey Knowles was eight when she appeared (sleeping) in a commercial for a railroad company. Getty made the footage of Knowles available for purchase as stock footage and the Clinton campaign bought it for the ad. Her brother spotted her in the Clinton ad when Jon Stewart was parodying the spot on Comedy Central's "The Daily Show."

Knowles, now a high school senior, has been campaigning for Obama.

"I really prefer Obama's message of looking forward to a bright future," she told "Good Morning America."

-- Mark Young