GOP slams Pelosi in new ad campaign: Freshmen House Democrats targeted

[DeepModem Mom]

The Politico: GOP slams Pelosi in new ad campaign
By: Patrick O'Connor
May 23, 2007

House Republicans have a fairly simple plan to reclaim the majority: Blame Nancy.

The National Republican Congressional Committee launches its first national advertising blitz Thursday with a drive to tie freshmen Democrats to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.

The GOP's cash-strapped campaign arm will launch a mix of radio ads and automated phone calls targeting 18 freshman Democrats for allegedly marching in lockstep with the speaker, a California Democrat who is regularly depicted by Republicans as an out-of-touch liberal.

This modest campaign comes 17 months before the next election and signals the seats that Republicans are targeting in 2008. But it also marks an ambitious decision by the campaign committee to go after the speaker in an effort to unseat her most vulnerable members....

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The targets include Reps. Nancy Boyda of Kansas, Christopher P. Carney of Pennsylvania, Joe Donnelly of Indiana, Brad Ellsworth of Indiana, Gabrielle Giffords of Arizona, Kirsten Gillibrand of New York, Steve Kagen of Wisconsin, Tim Mahoney of Florida, Jerry McNerney of California, Carol Shea-Porter of New Hampshire, Heath Shuler of North Carolina and Timothy J. Walz of Minnesota....

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In addition, the committee is running automated phone calls against six other freshman Democrats, as well -- Reps. Jason Altmire of Pennsylvania, Joseph Courtney of Connecticut, John Hall of New York, Nick Lampson of Texas, Harry E. Mitchell of Arizona and Zack Space of Ohio....

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0507/4162.html

[RevCheesehead]

1. I knew they'd go after Kagen.

So fucking predictable.

[tularetom]

2. Why are they doing this to her? She supports the troops

She just participated in the biggest sellout of the Amurkin people in recent history in order to give bush what he wanted. You'd think they would be grateful.

[WCGreen]

11. It's all about power...

And do you really want to get back to that shit that passed for governing when the GOP controled the House and Senate....

[ChiciB1]

3. It's What I've Said All Along... It DOES NOT MATTER What Action

she or other Democrats take on ANY issue... they will GET SLAMMED... so THEY SHOULD HAVE SHOWED SOME SPINE and BUCKED UP and kicked the bill back to The Idiot!!

But what THEY did instead has angered those who were on their side in the beginning. HOW THEY couldn't have seen this from the get-go is BEYOND me!!

[Carolina]

10. exactly

they'll be targeted no matter what so stand up and fight.

[AlCzervik]

4. Jerry McNerney defeated Pombo, i really hope he can hang on.

that was truly one of the best victories in 06.

[Tekla West]

5. Grateful? Nah, more like Dead

Its not like the Dems have done anything to distinguish themselves. More of the same. Like the old Billy Preston song, nothing from nothing leaves nothing.

[Bitwit1234]

6. The dems should run ads targeting ROVE telling the country

what a piece of absolute dog crap he is. How he has a sewer brain that plumbs the depths of the sewer for info. How low can a person go.

[frylock]

8. ohhhh no. we must stay above the fray..

we can't allow ourselves to condescend to their level. :puke:

[zbdent]

7. Aren't the "1995 Freshmen GOPers" the ones who

were found to be extremely corrupt? Under Newtie's guidance, of course ...

[DFW]

9. Previously, they were also targeting Pat Murphy of PA

I guess they ran out of foul-mouthed chickenhawks who did not serve
to send up against a former infantry captain who served in Iraq.

It must be difficult to accuse someone of not supporting the troops
when he was a combat-hardened captain of those troops two years ago.