2010 Elections, Political News

Definitely worth a look this morning is the new ad just released by Rep. Kendrick Meek’s campaign which uses video clips of Gov. Charlie Crist espousing his Republican bona fides. “I’m a pro-life, pro-gun, anti-tax Republican,” Crist says in footage that was from before his switch to run for Senate as an Independent. “I think it’s important for people to understand who the true conservative is in this race. And it’s Charlie Crist.” Crist is trying to siphon Democratic and middle-of-the-road independent votes away from Meek in the three way Senate race that also features former state Speaker Marco Rubio (R). Rubio’s the favorite at this point. Crist exited the Republican primary earlier this year when it became clear Rubio was headed to becoming the nominee. The ad demonstrates the difficulties that party switchers have when they abruptly change parties and the change appears politically motivated. Remember this ad from earlier this cycle? We bet soon-to-be-former Sen. Arlen Specter (D-Pa.) does.

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The Club for Growth is dropping $1.5 million in television ad buys in five states to support it’s conservative Senate candidates and paint their respective rivals as out of touch with the financial plight of average Americans. The ads, paid for by the club’s independent expenditure arm, are set to go up in multiple media markets in Nevada, Florida, Colorado, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania Thursday and Friday. “Pat Toomey, Marco Rubio, Ron Johnson, Ken Buck, and Sharron Angle belong in the Senate, and Club for Growth Action is going to do everything it can to get them there,” said Club President Chris Chocola in a release Thursday. “This five-state, $1.5 million buy adds to the first wave in a campaign that we expect to be the most successful economic freedom has had in decades.” In Nevada, where the powerful anti-tax group played a key role in helping Angle earn a surprise primary victory in June, the club’s new ad blasts Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D) for being out of touch. “Who understands what Nevada’s going through?” the ad asks. “Sharron Angle and her husband live in this middle class Nevada house. They’ve seen their property values plummet and watched friends lose jobs. Harry Reid lives in the million-dollar Ritz Carlton in Washington. He’s taken more lobbyist money than any other Senator, and championed economic policies that hurt Nevada. Harry Reid: three decades in Washington is enough.” In Florida, the club is taking on an old foe, Gov. Charlie Crist (I), who the club helped chase out of the Republican primary earlier this year. “Career politician Charlie Crist will say anything,” the ad states. “He championed the Obama stimulus plan, then denied it. He supported the Bush tax cuts, then erased it from his website. Said he was for off shore drilling… whoops, never mind. While our flip-flop governor was playing political games, what happened to Florida? Highest unemployment in decades. Incomes down. Foreclosures up. Washington already has enough slippery politicians.”

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Club for Growth Makes $1.5 Million Play in Five States

The National Republican Congressional Committee’s independent expenditure arm announced Sunday it is airing new TV ads in eight districts across the country. The spots are targeting six current Members of Congress and two Democratic candidates in open-seat races. Reps. Allen Boyd in Florida’s 2nd district, Chet Edwards in Texas’ 17th district, Bobby Bright in Alabama’s 2nd district, Travis W. Childers in Mississippi’s 1st district, Tom Perriello in Virginia’s 5th district and Ann Kirkpatrick Arizona’s 1st district are the Democratic Members being targeted. All except Perriello and Kirkpatrick are in the conservative Blue Dogs Coalition. The two challengers being targeted are Roy Herron , who’s running to replace retiring Rep. John Tanner (D) in Tennessee’s 8th district, and Julie Lassa , who’s running to replace retiring Rep. David Obey (D) in Wisconsin’s 7th district. Each ad similarly ties the Democrat to Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and will run in a single media market in the district.

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NRCC Ties Democrats to Pelosi in New Ads

In 2007, no less.  Who did it ? Father Manuel Musallem, head of Gaza’s Latin church, told the AP that Muslims have ransacked, burned and looted a school and convent that are part of the Gaza Strip’s small Romany Catholic community. He told the AP that crosses were broken, damage was done to a statue of Jesus, and at the Rosary Sister School and nearby convent, prayer books were burned. Father Musalam additionally told The Jerusalem Post that the Muslim gunmen used rocket-propeled grenades (RPGs) to blow through the doors of the church and school, before burning Bibles and destroying every cross they could get their hands on. Who burned the Koran that resulted in the murder of ten Christian missionaries last month ? Or the murder of CIA agents earlier this year ? Or the USS Cole ? Or the countless airplane hijackings, discotheque bombings, etc., etc., etc. No, instead, the focus is on some Yosemite Sam-looking pastor from Florida. No, he wasn’t being what the Scripture tells us is a good ambassador of faith, which is probably why only 50 people comprise his congregation. However, this is America, and in America you can burn whatever you want because free speech wasn’t designed to protect only the speech and expressions with which we are comfortable. It’s easy to claim tolerance and acceptance of the things with which you agree; the true test comes when you’re faced with speech (no defamation, not libel, but SPEECH) that you don’t like. Denying such is wholly inconsistent. And it’s no place for any member of government to butt in and instruct private citizens on how they can conduct their private activities. If you want to not put a target on our soldiers’ backs (which countless veterans who’ve called into my show tell me is already there) maybe stop the Wikileaks crap, stop broadcasting to terrorists when we’re leaving Afghanistan, stop getting in front of the cameras and drumming up attention to what one dude in Florida wants to do. And these people run our government? Facepalm. Obama says that “ As Americans, we will not or ever be at war with Islam .” How many thousands of people must be murdered by Islam before he stops saying such? Where did this nation’s balls go? Filed under: censorship , Civil Rights , Religilicious , War on terror

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Who Burned the Koran That Resulted in These Muslims Firing RPGs into Church?

The National Republican Congressional Committee will launch a major television ad blitz in 11 Congressional districts next week, in what will be the committee’s first multi-district independent expenditure drop of the 2010 cycle. The NRCC, which is already up on the air against Rep. Joe Donnelly (D-Ind.) in the South Bend market, is expanding their fall ad campaign to target Alabama’s 2nd district, Arizona’s 1st district, California’s 11th district, Florida’s 2nd district, Kentucky’s 6th district, Mississippi’s 1st district, Tennessee’s 8th district, Texas’ 17th district, Virginia’s 5th district and Wisconsin’s 7th district. According to a senior strategist with knowledge of the buys the ads are scheduled to begin as early as Sunday. The ads are part of the more than $24 million the NRCC has already said it plans to drop in 45 districts around the country. Read more about the ad buy here . View the ad that’s set to run against Rep. Ben Chandler (D-Ky.) below.

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In what could be interpreted as a sign of just how much trouble Rep. Suzanne Kosmas (D) may be in this fall, the first six worlds of the Congresswoman’s first ad of the 2010 cycle is an attack on Republican state Rep. Sandy Adams . “Sandy Adams has some strange ideas,” the narrator states in the ad, which began running on cable and broadcast on Wednesday. Recent polling has shown Kosmas significantly behind with less than two months to go before Election Day, and the Congresswoman decided to focus on hitting Adams rather than the normal bio and introductory information that is associated with early campaign ads. The ad specifically targets Adams for comments she made about changing the way Senators are elected. “Adams would take take away our right to vote and let Tallahassee politicians pick our Senators,” the narrator in the ad states.

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Kosmas Goes on Attack in First Ad

The father of Marco Rubio , the Republican Senate candidate in Florida, died Saturday night, Rubio’s campaign announced. He was 83. Mario Rubio had been suffering from emphysema and lung cancer. He died in a Miami hospital with his wife of 61 years and his four children by his side, according to a statement released Saturday night. On Friday, Marco Rubio canceled a debate with Democratic Rep. Kendrick Meek , which was to air on NBC’s “Meet the Press” on Sunday, because of his father’s poor health.

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Florida: Marco Rubio’s Father Dies

The National Republican Congressional Committee announced on Tuesday the promotion of six new candidates to the top tier of its Young Guns recruitment and organization program. The latest additions include Sandy Adams , running in Florida’s 24th district, Dan Benishek , running in Michigan’s 1st district, Chris Gibson , running in New York’s 20th district, Mike Kelly , running in Pennsylvania’s 3rd district, Steve Southerland , running in Florida’s 2nd district, and Daniel Webster , running in Florida’s 8th district. With the exception of Benishek, all of the candidates are challenging vulnerable Democratic incumbents this fall. “The latest Young Guns class is a testament to the strength of our candidates this year,” said House Minority Whip Eric Cantor (R-Va.). “Fifty-two candidates have earned Young Gun status, which is more than enough seats needed to take back the majority,” added Rep. Kevin McCarthy (Calif.), who heads up candidate recruitment for the NRCC.

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NRCC Adds Six Candidates to Young Guns Level

Just try to find a warmer, fuzzier bio spot than this one from Marco Rubio , the Republican candidate for the Senate in Florida. “The spot will introduce Marco to General Election voters, giving them a real sense of who he is, his family background, and the events of his life that have shaped his core beliefs,” says the Rubio campaign.

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Rubio Ad A Soft Start To Florida’s General Election

Latino voters made a difference in yesterday’s Arizona and Florida primaries, advocates for comprehensive immigration told reporters today. Arturo Vargas, director of the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials and Republican strategist Ana Navarro pointed to low turnout among Hispanic Republicans in Miami-Dade County as part of the reason Bill McCollum lost the Republican gubernatorial primary. His shift to the right on immigration reform late in the primary season alienated Hispanic supporters, they said, and those voters didn’t show up at the polls. “The lesson to be learned from yesterday’s primary in Florida is that a Republican candidate can’t win without Hispanic Republicans,” Navarro said. Lynn Tramonte, deputy director at the immigration reform group America’s Voice, explained that there are two storylines surrounding Latino voters and immigration in 2010. The first is of Republicans who are forced to move right on immigration in primary battles, she said, and the second is of Arizona’s “papers please” law, which she said is extremely unpopular among Latino voters. The conversation built on a study America’s Voice released earlier this month that showed a growing Latino base trending toward Democrats. About 10 million Latinos voted in the 2008 presidential election, about 2.5 million more than voted in 2004, the study reported, adding that registration and turnout among Latinos also ballooned between 2000 and 2008. “Latinos have been trending Democratic for years, but the Democratic Party does not necessarily hold a lock on these voters,” the report said.  Speakers on a conference call with reporters also relied on a June poll NALEO commissioned that found immigration is the top issue among Latino voters in California, Colorado, Florida and Texas. More than a quarter of respondents listed it as their primary concern. The poll sampled opinions of 1600 Latino voters, 400 in each of those four states. It was conducted by Dr. Ricardo Ramirez, assistant professor of political science at the University of Southern California, and Latino Research and Communications.

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Latino Groups Push Immigration Reform