Posted on 10/16/2018 10:43:38 AM PDT by yesthatjallen
A Democratic super PAC with close ties to Senate leaders plans to spend $3 million on last-minute advertising aimed at saving Sen. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), who faces an unexpectedly difficult race against a self-funding Republican businessman.
The Senate Majority PAC will spend money on statewide television advertising bashing Bob Hugin (R), the retired pharmaceutical CEO who has spent $15 million on his own campaign.
“Bob Hugin is a Trump sycophant who is funding his campaign off the millions he made raising prices on cancer drugs as a pharma CEO,” said Chris Hayden, a Senate Majority PAC spokesman.
Hayden said the ad would run in the New York and Philadelphia media markets, two of the most expensive markets in the country.
“Bob Hugin is independent and isn't afraid to stand up to anyone, including President Trump, to do what's right for New Jersey,” spokesman Nick Iacovella said in an email.
“Bob launched his campaign vowing not to be influenced by special interests groups or their money. He's not a politician, he didn't come up through the political ranks, and he isn't filling out special interest questionnaires.”
Hugin has vastly outspent Menendez on television. This week, he paid to air a 60-second spot bringing up old allegations that Menendez was involved with prostitutes. Menendez has vehemently denied those allegations.
On its face, New Jersey is a deep blue state. Hillary Clinton beat President Trump there by 14 points in 2016.
But Menendez has seen his already-low approval ratings sink even more after going on trial on corruption charges. The Department of Justice dropped the charges after the trial ended in a hung jury last November.
In a sign of his potential weakness, Menendez won only 62 percent of the vote in the Democratic primary against Lisa McCormick, a virtually unknown activist who beat Menendez in six of New Jersey’s 21 counties.
Polls taken after Labor Day show Menendez leading Hugin, though by relatively small margins. The latest survey, a YouGov poll conducted for CBS News, showed Menendez ahead 49 percent to 39 percent.
WATCH where the parties spend money. Ignore the whole media clown show about horse races in such and such state. Where they spend money will tell you what their internal polling is telling them they are in trouble
Most poll have them within 1 point with the exception of the Quinnipiac (I’m 99% sure) poll but they over sampled Dems by 11 and 44% were Independents. It’s a long shot but I love seeing them squirm!
This would be a sweet win for Trump ...
What? No Blue Wave? Is that why they gotta rush in and save him?
He’s TOAST!.....................
Menendez isn’t going to lose.
Here’s what they want Beto O’Rourke’s money for.
Brutal anti-Menendez ad:
Agreed. Menendez will win by 5-7 points.
Sure but if they have to dump a ton of ad money on a safe Rat state, that alone tells you the Dems are in deep trouble.
If this really was a Blue Wave environment, they’d be spending the cash elsewhere. Guaranteed.
The more money they spend to save the NJ seat,
the less money they will have to defend other seats.
In the meantime, in Maryland, another bizarrely safe seat, we see fun and friendly commercials about My friend Ben, our absolutely useless and brain dead Senator Backbencher Ben Cardin.
Those are the ads you run because it’s an election your and you need to run some ads.
Menendez is running a desperation campaign.
Trump rally needed in New Jersey.
They’ve already written off Red State Dems. They’re fighting to stave off a rout.
You don’t do that when you’re on a roll.
Agreed. Menendez will win by 5-7 points.
Maybe more. Depends on how big a FIX is in.
Unfortunately you’re correct, And he will win by a decent margin too. New Jersey is corrupt corrupt corrupt.
This sounds about right. The Dems don’t care about him having sex with underage girls...they just want their gimmeedats.
...the enabler stumps for another pedophile
This needs to be broadcasted everywhere
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