Gannett reports that DCCC is going after Rep. Sean Duffy (R-WI), among others. And American Crossroads is pushing back.
Duffy, R-Hayward, is one of 19 House Republicans being targeted by the DCCC ads. All represent districts that President Barack Obama won in 2008. Duffy’s district also voted for Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry in 2004.
The media blitz is part of the DCCC’s “Drive for 25” effort to regain a majority in the House. Duffy and Rep. Reid Ribble, R-Lawrence, were among 85 GOP freshmen elected in November, helping Republicans take a 242-193 advantage in the House.
On Thursday, American Crossroads mounted a counterattack to defend the 19 Republicans in the DCCC’s crosshairs. The conservative group’s ads use a standard 2010 strategy of linking Democrats to the liberal former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif.
“A week after President Obama called on Congress to work together, Pelosi’s gang launched negative ads attacking Sean Duffy for doing the hard work of trying to fix the budget mess she created,” says one ad running in Duffy’s district. “We stand with Sean Duffy.”
