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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsGOP Panic Spreads to Pennsylvania Special Election
Josh Kraushaar: Heres how tricky things have gotten for Republicans: GOP outside groups have dramatically scaled back their ads promoting the partys tax cut, with the messaging barely moving the needle in the districts working-class confines. The latest round of advertisements focus on law-and-order issues, like immigration and crime. A new spot from the Paul Ryan-aligned Congressional Leadership Fund super PAC slams Lamb for supporting amnesty to illegal immigrants because he worked in the Obama administration. A National Republican Congressional Committee ad portrays Lamb as soft on crime because he negotiated a plea deal with a notorious drug kingpin during his tenure as a federal prosecutor. These culture-war ads are reminiscent of those run by Ed Gillespie in his failed Virginia gubernatorial campaign, and they carry the whiff of desperation.
Meanwhile, Republicans are sufficiently concerned about the energy from the Democratic base that CLF is distributing a mailer in suburban precincts of Allegheny County thanking Lamb for supporting gun rights. Its a cynical attempt to dampen Democratic enthusiasm for his campaign.
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https://politicalwire.com/2018/03/04/gop-panic-spreads-pennsylvania-special-election/
A new spot from the Paul Ryan-aligned Congressional Leadership Fund
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GOP Panic Spreads to Pennsylvania Special Election (Original Post)
DonViejo
Mar 2018
OP
losing this election a week after drumpf imposes steel tariffs would be one of the most
Takket
Mar 2018
#2
The old Republican go to gambit, the immigrants are coming for your daughters.
OnDoutside
Mar 2018
#3
Tatiana
(14,167 posts)1. The gun mailer dirty trick will backfire.
It will give disenchanted Independents and conservative Democrats more incentive to get off their behinds and vote for Lamb.
The base is solidly in his corner. They know the stakes.
Takket
(21,549 posts)2. losing this election a week after drumpf imposes steel tariffs would be one of the most
devastating losses in American political history.
OnDoutside
(19,949 posts)3. The old Republican go to gambit, the immigrants are coming for your daughters.
Demovictory9
(32,443 posts)4. get out and vote