In House Republicans plan $45 million TV ad buy, Politico reports:
POLITICO has learned that the National Republican Congressional Committee will take a bank loan of at least $6.5 million — but likely more — to expand its ad buys into seven additional districts beyond the 55 where the committee has already reserved time
According to an NRCC source familiar with the effort, the newly added targets include five Democrats whose districts, until recently, were thought to be out of reach this year: Reps. Tim Walz of Minnesota, Sanford Bishop of Georgia, Phil Hare of Illinois, Zack Space of Ohio and John Salazar of Colorado.
This is fascinating, since the NRCC has been carrying on for months about how the district is in play. It's fascinating to see how the beltway Republicans behind Demmer are willing to mirror Demmer's own long-standing loan to himself.
Indeed, the Boehner bail-out for Demmer (who is used to this sort of thing) Walz campaign manager Richard Carlbom writes of is underway--and apparently underwater as well.
First District Democrats are fighting back--and have launched Minnesota's Fighting First to raise money to match the NRCC debt-spending in the district:
The National Republicans are desperate for power - and their latest attempt is coming to Minnesota's Fighting First.
With just weeks to go, National Republicans have now set their target on some of the strongest performers in 2010 - including announcing their plan to spend $100,000 in just one week in Minnesota's Fighting First.
We know this is just one more desperate power grab by Republican leader John Boehner - an effort he has launched to empower Washington DC insiders and corporate interests over the best interests of Minnesota's middle class families.
Help Minnesota's Fighting First respond immediately!
I'm also curious to see what ground game the GOP puts together in the district to match the formidable grassroots organizing done by district DFLers and their allies in the past six years. At parades and in other visibility efforts, the Demmer campaign has seemed fairly anemic--and Demmer has yet to air any of his own television ads.
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