Despite Promises, Buck Immediately Goes Negative in Colorado
Despite Colorado GOP Senate candidate Ken Buck’s promise to adopt a positive stance in his political ads (leaving groups like Crossroads GPS to do the dirty
Jul 31, 202036.5K Shares1.5M Views
Despite Colorado GOP Senate candidate Ken Buck’s promiseto adopt a positive stance in his political ads (leaving groups like Crossroads GPS to do the dirty work against incumbent Sen. Michael Bennet (D-Colo.) for him), the Colorado Independent reportsthat Buck’s very first ad is surprisingly…negative:
“„This first ad, though, is focused almost entirely on Bennet, calling him unfair and a “rubber stamp for his friends in Washington.” Buck says Bennet has established “a record of overspending, overregulating and overtaxing.” In the last 10 seconds of the ad, Buck tells viewers his plan as Senator is to “do what’s right for Colorado, not [for] the big spenders in Washington.”
“„Buck’s ad comes on the heels of an ad put out earlier this month by Karl Rove’s Crossroads GPS. Despite the feeling that Buck would embrace a sort of division of labor approach to the campaign– allowing the Karl Rove-style independent groups to work the low road while the Buck campaign worked the high road– the ads so far produced aren’t substantially different. They’re both 30-second spots that focus on Bennet and that attack him as a typical big spending Democrat.
The Independent goes on to note that Buck and Crossroads GPS [were accused ](Buck and Crossroads GPS are legally barred from coordinating campaign activities. Fairly specific accusations however that Buck planned to coordinate behind the scenes with groups like Crossroads have dogged the campaign almost from its launch. A complaint filed with the Federal Elections Commission during Buck’s primary battle against Jane Norton, laid out those accusations at length. The Republican author of the complaint recently requested to withdraw it, saying that now that Buck had won the primary, the issue was no longer personally relevant.)of planning to coordinate campaign activities behind the scenes in a complaint filed with the Federal Elections Commission during Buck’s primary fight against Jane Norton. Now that Buck has sealed up the nomination, the Republican author of the complaint has requested that it be withdrawn, but a coalition of progressive groups are now demandingthat Buck answer to the accusations before the November election.
Hajra Shannon
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