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DNC Ad Attacks McConnell In Kentucky -- A Peculiar Choice
TPM Election Central —
The Democratic National Committee has this new TV ad in Kentucky, set to run on cable in the Lexington and Louisville media markets, attacking Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell for having supported the Bush agenda, and now obstructing the Obama agenda:
"But this year -- when it came to supporting legislation to create and protect Kentucky jobs -- he said," the announcer says, followed by audio of McConnell's voice: "No."
To be perfectly blunt, this seems like an odd choice of how to spend party resources. McConnell was just re-elected in 2008, and his home state of ...
Dems target McConnell, want to send a message
Ben Smith's Blog —
The DNC is going up on cable in Lexington and Louisville this week taking direct aim at Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell.
McConnell just won re-election last year, so the targeting is not electoral.
Rather, the message being sent, according to a top Democrat, is enough is enough.
"He has opposed the president at every turn - hasn't even pretended to want to work with the president or the Democrats," said this source. "And maybe if nothing else our willingness to target him will send a message to members of his caucus that if you are going to be partisan for ...
The Early Word: Forging Deals in Moscow and at Home
The Caucus —
As President Obama visits Russia for the first time, foreign affairs are, fittingly enough, rushing to the forefront for his administration. The Times’s David Sanger reported on Monday that Mr. Obama and his vice-president, Joseph R. Biden Jr., both said over the weekend that Iran’s treatment of opposition leaders ...
DNC begins targeted counteroffensive on stimulus
News —
DNC begins targeted counteroffensive on stimulus The Democrats are fighting back on the GOP's stimulus criticism. The majority party is no longer content just to let the stimulus debate play out in the real world. With an eye toward 2010, it's now mounting a public relations offensive to assure voters that the package is working. In the last two days, the Democratic National Committee (DNC) has launched a cable ad buy against Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) and a web ad against House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) for their criticism of the stimulus. And the DNC isn't stopping at leadership. It has also ...
