* In my opinion, this is one of the best TV ads of the season so far. Republican Congressman Bobby Schilling totally undercuts a powerful ad run by the DCCC (click here to see the DCCC’s ad). Schilling wrongly blames Cheri Bustos for the spot, but you still gotta watch this one…

Script…

Narrator: “Why is Cheri Bustos running a Chicago-style false attack ad on Bobby Schilling?”

Steve Ballard: “You forgot where you came from.”

Narrator: “But we know where this guy’s from. Bustos is using party bosses posing as local workers.

Hank Gray: “Why does Cheri Bustos have to go to Wrigley Field to raise campaign money? This is her district—here—not Chicago.

Randy Gebhardt: “Cheri Bustos is a tax-raiser. Like Bobby, I’m fed up with Washington.”

Jerry Schreiner: “What sets Bobby Schilling apart is that he’s one of us.”

Lori Rotz: “Leads by example. Go Bobby!”

Bobby Schilling: “I’m Bobby Schilling and I approved this message.”

That “Go Bobby!” line really works well. Your thoughts?

* Some background can be found in a recent letter to the editor from a Schilling fan…

OK, now the anti-Schilling ads are getting silly.

I just saw one in which Steve Ballard, former Rock Island County Democratic chairman and East Moline prison warden, is saying that he is disappointed in Rep. Bobby Schilling. What a joke! This is the same Steve Ballard who appointed the son of Phil Hare to be assistant prison warden, even though there was at least one more qualified candidate.

So, let’s line up all of the Rock Island County Democratic machine nepotists and let them testify how they don’t like Bobby Schilling, duh.

*** UPDATE 1 *** From the Schilling campaign…

The Democrats’ ad included Dave DeBaillie, a former Henry County Democratic Party Chairman, Steve Ballard (pictured), a former Rock Island County Democratic Party Chairman, Cecilia O’Brien, wife of former Chief of Staff to Rep. Phil Hare, and Derek Jones, a former staffer for Rep. Phil Hare.

Sheesh.

*** UPDATE 2 *** From the DCCC…

Priceless: Tea Party Congressman Bobby Schilling Enlists Campaign Donor and Activist in Latest Bogus TV Ad

Reeling from attacks from his own constituents, Congressman Bobby Schilling enlisted one of his own campaign donors to appear in his newly released TV ad. Congressman Schilling actually accuses Democrats of “posing” as local workers in his new ad while at the same time defending himself with his own campaign donor, Jerry Schreiner. The same donor spoke on behalf of the Schilling campaign to the Quad Cities Argus Dispatch at a Schilling sponsored protest opposing raising the minimum wage.

“Could Congressman Bobby Schilling be any more desperate to change the subject from his record of voting to end the Medicare guarantee just to protect tax breaks for corporate outsourcers and millionaires?” asked Haley Morris of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee. “When his own constituents condemn his failed priorities in Washington, the best Congressman Bobby Schilling can do get his campaign donors to come to his defense.”

Background

Jerry Schreiner Donated to Schilling. According to FEC reports, Schreiner gave $300 in May 2012, and $100 in June 2012. [FEC.gov, filed 7/15/12]

[ *** End Of Updates *** ]

* Meanwhile, here’s the latest US Chamber ad attacking Bustos…