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Last-minute TV ad buys raise the stakes in Massachusetts Senate race [DSCC = $1.4M; NRSC = $0]
WaPo ^ | Jamuary 18, 2010 | Chris Cillizza

Posted on 01/18/2010 8:05:40 AM PST by Al B.

Just how big are the stakes in the Massachusetts Senate race? Independent and party groups were set to spend nearly $5 million on television ads in the final weeks leading up to Tuesday's special election between state Attorney General Martha Coakley (D) and state Sen. Scott Brown (R).

According to ad-buy information provided to the Fix, there are 13 -- yes, 13 -- groups paying for ads in the race's final days, with Democratic groups outspending Republican-aligned by more than $1 million.

Coakley's ad advantage comes from the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, which is set to spend $1.4 million on ads in the final week of the race -- a staggering sum given the overwhelming Democratic tilt of the Bay State, and yet another sign of how worried the party is. (The National Republican Senatorial Committee is not running ads in the state.)

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Massachusetts
KEYWORDS: ads; dscc; fundingtheleft; ma2010; marthacoakley; rscc; scottbrown
Also, scroll down the article for some stuff on the DE senate race and Beau Biden
1 posted on 01/18/2010 8:05:43 AM PST by Al B.
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To: Al B.

I say GOOD. P*ss it all away boys. The more you spend trying to revive the Coakley corpse the less you’ll have to harass us later.


2 posted on 01/18/2010 8:10:01 AM PST by GOP_Resurrected
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To: GOP_Resurrected

If you can, send a little more electronic support to Brown. This may not be over tomorrow, democrats being democrats. Remember Franken? (Sen. Franken, that is.)

https://www.icontribute.us/scottbrown/


3 posted on 01/18/2010 8:20:19 AM PST by fullchroma (Obama: GET OUT OF MY DOCTOR'S OFFICE!)
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To: Al B.

To use Rush’s wisdom on giving ... a dollar given to any of the Republican national committees is wasted; give it locally where it will actually do some good.


4 posted on 01/18/2010 8:22:33 AM PST by NonValueAdded ("'Diversity' is one of those words designed to absolve you of the need to think." Mark Steyn)
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To: Al B.

I think this is misleading because the NRSC may not be running ads (wisely laying low) but may be funneling those $$$ to Brown to run ads.


5 posted on 01/18/2010 8:22:36 AM PST by MrDem (And this is a loyal lifelong Democrat saying this... Democrats for Cheney/Palin 2012)
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To: Al B.
Great news. Every Dollar that they spend now is one less that they'll have for October.

And I think that at this point, even a "close" for Brown will be good enough to send some of the more mushy Dems (and RINOs) scuttling for cover.

So, IMHO, the Dems are flushing their cash. Great!

6 posted on 01/18/2010 8:24:58 AM PST by wbill
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To: MrDem
With the infatuation the NRSC has with "moderates", you'd think they would be sending money in there hand over fist.

OTOH, we're talking about John Cornyn here. Good legal mind but not the sharpest tack when it comes to political judgments (read: Charlie Crist).

7 posted on 01/18/2010 8:33:26 AM PST by Al B. (Sarah Palin: Government "can't make you happy or healthy or wealthy or wise".)
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To: Al B.

Sorry, NRSC scum. Brown’s gonna win anyway. Ha-ha.


8 posted on 01/18/2010 8:34:57 AM PST by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (Don't eat your dog; eat obnoxious, liberal humans to save the planet!)
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To: Al B.

This is like studying for a final the night before. It won’t work. I hope they continue to dump money into this race because they are wasting their money.

Tuesday night will be a very good night for Brown and one of the worst nights the Dems have ever had.


9 posted on 01/18/2010 8:42:08 AM PST by truthandlife ("Some trust in chariots and some in horses, but we trust in the name of the LORD our God." (Ps 20:7))
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To: Al B.

Easy enough tyo counter. Brown not only has the statewide media swarming for interviews, he has the national media swarming him, heck he has the International Press outside his location in the scrum as well. All he has to do is walk out on his stoop, or into the lobby or sit up on his truck, and anything he says, will be slashed all over the worldwide news!....For free! He can come to a podium any time he wants in the next 36 hours and go “Nationwide”.


10 posted on 01/18/2010 8:43:35 AM PST by DGHoodini (Iran Azadi!)
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To: truthandlife
[DSCC = $1.4M; NRSC = $0]

Clear evidence that I should NEVER send the GOP/RNC a penny.

11 posted on 01/18/2010 8:44:13 AM PST by airborne
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To: Al B.
The Dems have always been good at wasting money.

sw

12 posted on 01/18/2010 8:46:02 AM PST by spectre (Spectre's wife (11/02/10)
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To: Al B.

The Dems are collectivists. They’ll send their money to the DSCC and the DNC.

We are individualists. I gave up on the party long ago, and will only donate to the candidate themselves.


13 posted on 01/18/2010 9:00:35 AM PST by Tatze (I reject your reality and substitute my own!)
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