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NYT Provides More Fodder For Romanoff Attack Ads

By | 08.06.10 | 8:53 am

In the midst of a heated Democratic Senate primary battle between appointed Sen. Michael Bennet and former Colorado House Speaker Andrew Romanoff, the New York Times drops a potential land mine today.

Chamber Attacks Giannoulias, DSCC Projects Confidence

By | 08.04.10 | 1:07 pm

The Chamber of Commerce is ramping up its attacks on Democrats today. As part of its pledge to spend at least $50 million in the current election cycle, it has cut an ad that targets Illinois Democratic senate hopeful Alexi Giannoulias.

The ad, which is airing today before More…

McCain for a Moment

By | 10.13.08 | 1:09 pm

For a moment we saw him — the real John McCain.

It was at a town-hall meeting Friday. A McCain supporter rose and declared that he was frightened by the prospect of waking up to an America led by Sen. Barack Obama. Another woman said of Obama, “He’s an Arab.” More…

McCain Flip-Flops on Pig Lipstick

By | 09.15.08 | 5:58 pm

In an interview with The Associated Press today in Jacksonville, Fla., Sen. John McCain admitted what every rational person in the country already knows — that Sen. Barack Obama did not call Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin a pig.

Rove Nudging GOP Donors Toward Swift-Boat-Type Groups

By | 09.02.08 | 3:23 pm

Sen. John McCain’s campaign may have sent signals discouraging GOP donations to independent “issue-advocacy” groups this election season, but prominent Republican strategist Karl Rove is urging just the opposite, according to yesterday’s Washington Times: