SCORE PREVIEW – CROSSROADS ASSAULT CONTINUES: Crossroads GPS, an arm of the conservative campaign group American Crossroads, has put two new commercials into rotation in the Nevada and Missouri Senate races. The Nevada spot hammers Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid for supporting the stimulus, using the John McCain- and Tom Coburn-authored list of the law’s most objectionable projects to suggest that Reid’s taken his eye off the economic ball. “Harry’s stimulus sent nearly $2 million to California to collect ants – in Africa. Twenty-five million for new chair lifts and snowmaking in Vermont. Almost three hundred thousand to Texas to study weather – on Venus,” the narrator says. “Meanwhile, back in Nevada, we still have the highest unemployment and record foreclosures. Really, Harry, how about some help for Nevada?” Watch the Nevada spot here: http://bit.ly/9Eqvly
MORE: In Missouri, Crossroads GPS ties Democratic Senate candidate Robin Carnahan to national health care reform, urging her to support a state-level challenge led by Republican Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder instead of “the Obamacare law that could raise our health insurance premiums and cut billions from Medicare.” Here’s the Missouri ad: http://bit.ly/aSyx3W (Crossroads has also been running ads in Colorado http://bit.ly/9GtduY and Kentucky. http://bit.ly/blpyY8.)
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Thursday, September 2, 2010
American Crossroads in Nevada and Missouri
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