Posted on 10/07/2010 5:17:59 PM PDT by SeattleBruce
House Republicans have drafted a go-for-broke blueprint for the final weeks of the midterm campaign that will bring them to $45 million in television ad spending, with spots reserved in 62 congressional districts across the nation.
POLITICO has learned that the National Republican Congressional Committee will take a bank loan of at least $6.5 million — but likely more — to expand its ad buys into seven additional districts beyond the 55 where the committee has already reserved time.
According to an NRCC source familiar with the effort, the newly added targets include five Democrats whose districts, until recently, were thought to be out of reach this year: Reps. Tim Walz of Minnesota, Sanford Bishop of Georgia, Phil Hare of Illinois, Zack Space of Ohio and John Salazar of Colorado.
Republican strategists say that the $45 million figure is far more than they expected the committee to have for the fall campaign and represents an effort to take full advantage of the Republican-friendly political environment by investing in as many potentially winnable Democratic districts as possible. The NRCC initially reserved $22 million across 41 districts in August before expanding to $35 million in 55 districts in September.
“When we look up at the scoreboard on Nov. 3rd, we’ll look back and know that we left everything on the field,” said an NRCC source familiar with the effort.
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“We need to look no farther than the current playing field to see how badly the political environment has deteriorated for the majority party,” NRCC Chairman Pete Sessions wrote in a memo circulated Tuesday morning by the committee. “Throughout the summer and now into the fall, the playing field has continuously expanded, pulling once-safe Democrats into the fray to join their endangered colleagues.”
When the enemy is on the ropes, that’s the time to give them the knockout punch. It’s about time.
borrow $100,000,000
fools.
Now is your chance.
I have a 2fer for them, they can run ONE ad against obamacare for the 8th & 9th US Districts TN, they air on the same TV stations, and could hit US Rep Steve Cohen (D-9th) who voted for Obamacare, and wannabe US Rep current state Senator Roy Herron (D8th) who voted for Tenncare (obamacare light). The 8th is an open seat.
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