Posted on 09/09/2010 9:56:46 AM PDT by Korah
The nation's largest business organization launched a multimillion-dollar advertising attack in California on Wednesday night on U.S. Sen. Barbara Boxer, part of a nationwide effort targeting vulnerable Democrats.
The Chamber would not say exactly how much it plans to spend on the race. But the ads, which will be combined with a major push to identify and contact business-friendly voters, reflect the aggressive political strategy that the nonprofit business lobbying group will employ this year in an effort to stymie what it considers the anti-business thrust of the Obama administration.
The chamber has set aside about $75 million for political spending nationwide this year. It has already run ads against Democrats in Illinois, Pennsylvania, Ohio and plans to begin ads in Florida soon.
The California ad buy represents a first in this Senate race for the national and state Chamber of Commerce. The chamber has not been active in U.S. Senate races in California in the past because the state was seen as heavily Democratic. But Boxer faces one of the tightest reelection races of her career. On Wednesday, a CNN/Time Magazine/Opinion Research Corp. survey showed Boxer holding a 48% to 44% margin over Fiorina, within the margin of error.
At the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, the staff expressed frustration that outside groups were advertising so heavily on behalf of Fiorina and against Boxer. Eric Schultz, communications director for the national Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, complained that the chamber was one of several "secret groups with undisclosed, unregulated, unlimited donations" that are raising "serious questions on who is attempting to buy these seats."
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I sure hope so. She is worthless.
Sic’em. Sic’em. Bring that bitch curr to heal.
The report says this is the first time they have actually ran ads in the Senate race in Ca.
I find it interesting and disturbing that this is the first time the National Chamber of Commerce has ever entered the election fight to defeat this bitch.
What part of anti business does the Chamber not understand until now about Democrats and especially Boxer?
California is an extremely expensive state to advertise in and the Chamber has never spent near as much money as this in the past.
It's a big country, and Cali is just one state with two senators.
attack. lol
It is nice to see the libs spend a lot of money trying to defend places that they’ve taken for granted, like California, Illinois, and Washington State.
Gee, sounds a lot like Obama's campaign. You know $800 million in $5 and $10 internet donations.
Anywhere and anytime one mentions the name Boxer or Pelosi, profanity is spewed in huge volumes.
These two are despised in Northern CA.
My money is on her pulling it out. Those people would vote for Satan(D) over Jesus(R). The polls are accurate as far they can be. But IMO these wavering Dems will go into the booth and they just won't be able to bring themselves to pull the lever for an (R).
Boxer by 5%.
And don't forget, polling doesn't show the 300K illegal alien vote she will get, nor the 2% deliberate Dem fraud. Unless Babs is down 5 minimum, she is in.
Too bad, I'd like to push her off the plank into shark infested waters.
“Eric Schultz, communications director for the national Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, complained that the chamber was one of several “secret groups with undisclosed, unregulated, unlimited donations” that are raising “serious questions on who is attempting to buy these seats.”
Unlike Acorn’s offshoots, Soros’ groups, union contributions...
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