The Obama campaign and the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee have launched twin efforts to pressure Congressional Republicans into caving in to the president’s offer/demand on resolving the fiscal cliff. So far none of the Republican committees or the RNC itself have responded in kind or with any campaign tactics of their own. But Karl Rove’s Crossroads GPS is joining the fight.
Last week Crossroads went up in West Virginia with this ad, targeting Democrat Sen. Joe Manchin. West Virginia has gone increasingly red in the last few years, and Manchin has often been at odds with the Obama administration.
This week, Crossroads has gone up in four additional states, Alaska, Louisiana, North Carolina and South Dakota. Where the Democrats have targeted 35 Republicans in the House, the Crossroads ads target vulnerable Democrats in the Senate.
The list of targeted senators includes:
Sen. Mark Begich (D-AK)
Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-LA)
Sen. Kay Hagan (D-NC)
and Sen. Tim Johnson (D-SD)
One obvious difference between the two strategies is that Crossroads is sticking with broadcasting message ads, while the Democrats are mounting a robocall and telemarketing campaign that utilizes the president’s core supporters directly.
Good to see Rove going after Democrats for a change.
Lordy, who let Rove out again? Somebody put him back into the holding cell where he can’t do any additional harm.
Only thing he’s doing IMHO is figuring a way to line his pockets with some of that political donation cash the Republicans raked in.
If he wants support he needs to show results.
As for Hagan in NC, the democrat party in this state is imploding spectacularly and she is particularly vulnerable. I look forward to doing my best to see her giving a concession speech in two years.
Who knows, maybe we’ll even get a candidate running against her who will bring up the issue of her supporting Obamacare – unlike in the presidential race last month!
This jerk pushed RINO Bush on us, Rino McCain and Romney (I won’t say bad things about Mitt) on us. He should crawl back under his rock asap. He is an arrogant man I really do despise.
As long as he restricts himself to running attack ads on Democrats, I have no quarrel with him. That said, he does need to stop butting into Republican business.
– go away or we will make sure Jeb and Prescott lose every primary in 2016, including Florida and Texas.
Karl who? Oh, that guy who self-destructed on live TV back on election night? He and Dick Morris would be the ideal presidential ticket for the intellectual elite tea party people.
We The Elite People of culture of corruption in Washington DC, political pundits, parasites, “hangers-ons” and Lobbyists have three things in common…greed, power and corruption. Cultural-relativisim is this New Left Progressive elite’s stock-in-trade. If the butter is spread on a better side, they will do everyting in their power to “partake-of-the-benefits.”
“Opportunistic” is a word best describing these Washington DC Elites “stock-in-trade,” coupled with their “cultural-relativism,” is a sure fire formula for trashing everything American for anything relative to any particular moment AND advances their personal (hidden) agendas (Mr. Rove is no exception, white board and all).
Fox guarding the chicken-coop type of Washington DC Elites, still living in the 1960′s(Kennedy-LBJ). Speaking of which, seems the GOP/RNC is lining-up a bevvey of these New Left Progressive activists for upcoming 2014 elections. Don’t forget, “center-left” is where most of We The Elite People of culture of Corruption in Washington DC “hang-their-hats.” And GOP/RNC is joining these New Left Progressive activists with more of the same??? Where are all of GOP/RNC Center-Right candidates???HUH??? We The (GOP/RNC) Elite People want more “greed, power and corruption.” What a choice! Pray. Amen. Center-right is the path to success!!!!