The NRSC has bought at least $800,000 of TV ad time in MI to target

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Dem Sen. Debbie Stabenow.

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October 31

Is The Best Defense...
a good offense? The NRSC has bought at least $800,000 of TV ad time in MI SEN targeting Dem Sen. Debbie Stabenow. This is one day after the NRSC put in $500K in MD SEN and two days since they tossed another $300K+ in MT SEN. As for the MI SEN buy, sources tell me the buy could be as high as a $1M.

The decision to try and play a little offense in this time when Republicans are defending the lion's share of competitive Senate seats is an interesting gambit. Stabenow has been polling just over 50% in most October polling, but the sour atmosphere in Michigan has Republicans believing if voters want to dump incumbents, it might help Republican Mike Bouchard. It's a long shot, but a $1M in MI SEN might do more damage to Stabenow and Democrats as a whole than spreading out that extra $1M in MO, TN and VA

For those few who think NRSC group are some sort of master strategists, MI Sen. Debbie Stabenow has a RCP +12.0% lead, and no amount of tv ads can cut down the lead from that much with so little time. Well, I guess it's good that they just wasted money instead of using it in more competitive races.