GOP launches ad attack on Cahill

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The Republican Governors Association, hoping to clear a path for Charles D. Baker, will launch a hard-hitting television and radio ad campaign today targeting state Treasurer Timothy P. Cahill, an independent who is trying to outflank Baker on the right in this year’s governor’s race, a spokesman for the association said yesterday.

The ad campaign, the first major ad buy of the gubernatorial contest, was made as Baker and Cahill battle to become the prime alternative to Governor Deval Patrick, who polls suggest is vulnerable.

“We’re going to be making the argument that Tim Cahill is just like Deval Patrick, but worse, with regard to his record on fiscal issues and being reckless with taxpayer money,’’ said Tim Murtaugh, a spokesman for the association.

Murtaugh declined to say how much the group was spending on the ads, but said it was a significant sum that would pay for airtime on cable and broadcast television, as well as radio.

http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2010/04/27/gop_launches_ad_attack_on_cahill/