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* Independent expenditures against Democratic congressional candidate Cheri Bustos had already topped $2.1 million. And now Karl Rove’s Crossroads GPS has weighed in with a new TV ad…
I’m told that Crossroads has placed $540k in the Quad Cities, $174K in Rockford and $171K in Peoria, for a total of $885,000. But the Moline Dispatch reported today that they’re spending $749k.
Either way, that ad will help to balance out the outside money spent against Republican incumbent Bobby Schilling, who has endured almost $2.3 million in spending against him, mainly from the DCCC, House Majority PAC and some unions.
* Related…
* Bustos campaign slams Schilling over future of Medicare: “The other side isn’t coming to the table to offer solutions,” Schweppe said. “Bobby is the only candidate in this race with a plan to save and protect Medicare, and that is why he supported the Ryan budget.”
* Chuck Sweeney: Tying a bag of Quinn around Bustos: Maybe it was a cunning strategy for Schilling to link Bustos with Quinn, even if it is an unfair comparison. Quinn has a record. Bustos doesn’t. She doesn’t advocate a massive income tax increase, something Quinn signed into law, raising our state income tax 67 percent. But what’s fair in politics? Nothing. The word’s not in the political dictionary..
* RRStar View: Election endorsements coming
posted by Rich Miller
Saturday, Oct 13, 12 @ 11:30 am
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Comment by Rich Miller Monday, Oct 15, 12 @ 12:42 pm
It is a catchy ad. The HuffPost today discusses that a campaign error occurred when the AHA became “Obamacare”. Voters don’t like or even believe the claims. So painting Bustos with it is a sound strategy.
Rove, DCCC, RNC, whatever - the ad works on it’s own. Even if it was financed by wealthy pigeons, it works.
Comment by VanillaMan Monday, Oct 15, 12 @ 2:41 pm
I still think Schillings ad wrapping her around Mr 26% hurt
Comment by western illinois Monday, Oct 15, 12 @ 10:48 pm