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DCCC’s $51.5M ad blitz
The HIll ^ | 8/2/06 | Patrick O’Connor

Posted on 08/02/2006 2:39:14 PM PDT by Jean S

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1 posted on 08/02/2006 2:39:15 PM PDT by Jean S
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Wow. Talk about pouring money down a 'Rat hole....


2 posted on 08/02/2006 2:40:10 PM PDT by mewzilla (Property must be secured or liberty cannot exist. John Adams)
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To: JeanS

What they do not report here at the Liberal Hill site is that the RNC will spend 70 Million on the same districts.


3 posted on 08/02/2006 2:40:47 PM PDT by Welike ike
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Both sides will spend more than this. The DCCC wants to put this out there because these expenditures mentioned here will not be coordinated with the individual campaigns, and they want to give their candidates enough time to react.


4 posted on 08/02/2006 2:46:59 PM PDT by Alter Kaker ("Whatever tears one sheds, in the end one always blows one's nose." - Heine)
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To: JeanS
Surprised they have to pay for ads in Connecticut to run against Republicans.

Most media there will give them extra bang for their buck with editorials and news coverage favorable to any librat.

5 posted on 08/02/2006 2:47:01 PM PDT by N. Theknow ((Kennedys - Can't drive, can't fly, can't ski, can't skipper a boat - But they know what's best.))
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blowing their wad. Waisting alot of $$. Looks good for Irey. Republicans will pick up 1 seat in the house. Get ready for all the weeping and gnashing of teeth.


6 posted on 08/02/2006 2:49:30 PM PDT by CPT Clay (Drill ANWR, Personal Accounts NOW.)
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What's the word on Irey's race? Any good polling?


7 posted on 08/02/2006 2:50:36 PM PDT by HitmanLV ("If at first you don't succeed, keep on sucking until you do succeed." - Jerry 'Curly' Howard)
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To: JeanS

I can't wait to see how the RATS screw this up.


8 posted on 08/02/2006 2:52:06 PM PDT by Mike Darancette ("The ecology of the Earth is not more complex than we think. It is more complex than we CAN think.")
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To: HitmanLV

Haven't seen any polling.


9 posted on 08/02/2006 2:53:07 PM PDT by CPT Clay (Drill ANWR, Personal Accounts NOW.)
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To: Welike ike

what they also don't report is that the lamestream media will give the dims another $200 million in ads they disguise as "newcasts"


10 posted on 08/02/2006 2:55:10 PM PDT by edzo4
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To: JeanS

WA-08 Dave Reichert 4 weeks, $1.49M

Darcy Burner and the 1.49M is going to be toast
before this campaign is over.

http://www.soundpolitics.com/archives/005999.html


11 posted on 08/02/2006 2:55:14 PM PDT by proudpapa (of three.)
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Surprised they have to pay for ads in Connecticut to run against Republicans.

Don't dis Connecticut -- it has a RINO governor and 3/5 of its members of congress are RINOs. Compare that to Massachusetts, where 10/10 congresscritters are RATS.

12 posted on 08/02/2006 3:00:34 PM PDT by Alter Kaker ("Whatever tears one sheds, in the end one always blows one's nose." - Heine)
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To: JeanS

If someone wants to have fun, build a spreadsheet that tracks the number of 'Democrats can win' stories that come out of those districts, and how many of those newspapers/television stations get money from the DNC.


13 posted on 08/02/2006 3:01:24 PM PDT by kingu (Yeah, I'll vote in 2006, just as soon as a party comes along who listens.)
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To: Alter Kaker
Don't dis Connecticut -- it has a RINO governor and 3/5 of its members of congress are RINOs. Compare that to Massachusetts, where 10/10 congresscritters are RATS.

Lived there for 25 years. My post was referring to them spending money in CT where liberal media is THE norm. They don't have to spend money in Mass.

14 posted on 08/02/2006 3:04:25 PM PDT by N. Theknow ((Kennedys - Can't drive, can't fly, can't ski, can't skipper a boat - But they know what's best.))
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IA-01 Open 10 weeks, $2.1M

I've heard these ads on the radio for at least a couple weeks now. For this open seat, they don't even mention the Dem. They only the Republican candidate by name and how he's a wealthy hotel and restaurant owner on the "wrong" side of the minimum wage issue.

Then, the ad gives a toll-free number, allegedly to "call him and tell him" he's wrong to oppose a minimum wage increase. What a sham. But, that's Democrats for you.

15 posted on 08/02/2006 3:05:58 PM PDT by newgeezer ("Hezbollah" is wrong. Since they are the 'party of Allah', the accurate translation is "Hezb'Allah")
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To: Alter Kaker

Spending success in CT will depend on how next week's primary turns out. If Lieberman runs as an independent, it could be a high turnout election that wouldn't necessarily favor any GOP canddiate except in the safest of Districts.

Can I assume CT is like so many other states where outside the big cities the counties are red ?


16 posted on 08/02/2006 3:08:05 PM PDT by EDINVA
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To: N. Theknow

Not just CT but they are also wasting money in Vermont? Seriously? I'd be happier if they spent the entire $51M in Vermont. If a state will vote for a socialist, there is no amount of TV advertising which is going to turn it less blue.


17 posted on 08/02/2006 3:13:40 PM PDT by bpjam (Remember our fallen Marines from Beirut. Hezbollah deserves no peace.)
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To: EDINVA
Can I assume CT is like so many other states where outside the big cities the counties are red ?

Connecticut is town-based. For political purposes, it really doesn't have any counties at all. It has lots of small towns and a few larger towns/small cities. It has RINO-rich New York suburbs, three small rat-infested cities (Hartford-E. Hartford, New Haven, Bridgeport), conservative small towns/outersuburbia and Willington, a mix of all of those. Generally, as Willington goes, so goes the state.

18 posted on 08/02/2006 3:17:10 PM PDT by Alter Kaker ("Whatever tears one sheds, in the end one always blows one's nose." - Heine)
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To: Alter Kaker

THanks for the info on CT ... at least its NYC 'burbs are GOP-leaning, if only RINO.

I hate to admit it, but I can hardly WAIT for Tuesday's primary! And can't figure out WHY ... I'm no big Lieberman fan after '00, but don't wanna see moveon.org and others succeed in ousting a guy because he supports Bush. Ah, the conflicts!


19 posted on 08/02/2006 3:21:14 PM PDT by EDINVA
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To: JeanS
Wouldn't it be wonderful if the American people would say "enough of the Bush hating crap, if you demcrats can't show me a better plan to protect me and my family from the terrorist, go away". I think it would be the end of the demcrat party as we know it.
20 posted on 08/02/2006 3:47:38 PM PDT by kempo
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