2009/2010: NRCC hits the airwaves

Posted: Wednesday, July 01, 2009 9:06 AM by Domenico Montanaro
Filed Under: 2009, 2010

The National Republican Congressional Committee is going up with a TV ad hitting Democratic freshman Rep. Tom Perriello (VA) for voting for the energy bill. The ad is part of a media campaign (radio, Web ads) targeting other Dems who voted for the legislation, including Reps. Boucher (VA), Markey (CO), Space (OH), and Kilroy (OH).

NEW JERSEY: New Jersey Gov. Jon Corzine is still behind GOP candidate Chris Christie, but he has “closed the gap a bit,” according to a new poll from Farleigh Dickinson-PublicMind. The poll found that 45% favor Christie, while 39% prefer Corzine, with 14% undecided. Despite the tightened margin between the two, “only one in five voters said they believe New Jersey is on the right track, and 54 percent said their view of Corzine is unfavorable.”

NEW YORK: "Rep. Carolyn Maloney has decided to take on Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand in the 2010 Democratic primary, refusing to bow to party leaders who want her to stay out, the Daily News has learned. 'She's definitely decided to run,' said a senior Maloney adviser, speaking on condition of anonymity. 'She's in it.'"

"Hoping that money talks, Matthew Doheny (R), an investment banker who wants to run in the yet-to-be-scheduled special election to replace Rep. John McHugh (R-N.Y.), opened a campaign account this week and dropped $500,000 of his own money into it," Roll Call reports. "Doheny has also hired Brendan Quinn, a top Republican strategist in New York who is the former executive director of the Empire State GOP."

PENNSYLVANIA: "Former National Constitution Center President Joe Torsella (D), who ended his Senate campaign after Pennsylvania Sen. Arlen Specter defected from the Republican Party and became a Democrat, endorsed Specter on Tuesday."

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Plenty of time for Corzine to overtake crooked christie njow that the Congress is investigating christie's criminal acts. Now all we need is for the law to take christie to court to prosecute him for his no-bid contract crimes.

Will old Arlen be able to convince enough Democrats to vote for him in the primaries? Only if he shows he's got our back in the Senate on the big legislation that counts like health care reform and the energy bill. Other wise Joe Sestak could give him an early retirement which is really the best course for all concerned.

In Obama We Trust!

Eric, Salinas, CA (Sent Wednesday, July 01, 2009 9:16 AM)

Sounds like the Gillibrand Mahoney race should be interesting. What say you NYer's?

For Jane in Washoe - your right Ensign's numbers are higher than Reid's. Kinda of sad when an adultress gets higher numbers than someone (Reid) who's never had that problem far as we know. What's wrong with that picture. The party of family values is so desperate for candidates, they make excuses for this appalling behavior.

cindy, las vegas, nv (Sent Wednesday, July 01, 2009 9:18 AM)

Amusing to see the hypcrisy of many liberals--they huff and puff about certain conservatives being too idealogical in their views or for being insufficiently qualified. Yet they glow over guys like Al Franken being voted in as if now, as long as they have another liberal vote, qualification means nothing. Or when (i.e. Eric from Salinas) only cares about Specter "Only if he shows he's got our back...". So liberals, please just admit that you're good with smoke screens. At the end of the day you're the ones who want idealogical candidates who fit your world view...and qualifications really don't matter as much as you would like us to believe.

Hyprocrisy (Sent Wednesday, July 01, 2009 9:24 AM)

HUMMMMM, GOP is just waiting for the next election. Nothing will ever change until we get the same people out of power. Dem, and Rep both..... With that saidl;

Like it or not... Obama will be on the list of great leaders..We all know Obama likes to Sit on his Aces of spades. We saw the election last year...Everytime you think someone has a leg up, he release a counter. All the good this will happen around election time to counter every move by the GOP... DUH!!!!

Rogue Nation,Wv (Sent Wednesday, July 01, 2009 9:27 AM)

Hyprocrisy (Sent Wednesday, July 01, 2009 9:24 AM)

why isn't Franken qualified?

The Constitution's only requirements to be a US Senator: at least 30 years old; US citizen for at least the past 9 years; and an inhabitant of the state he or she seeks to represent.

Sounds like Franken is qualified to me.

Strict Constitutionalist (Sent Wednesday, July 01, 2009 9:38 AM)

The never-ending campaign. No wonder most of the American people dislike politics--it just doesn't stop and we'd rather they get busy and do some work.

Saturday, I received a recorded poll call. Obviously a GOP group still has mistakenly listed me as a registered republican--Mitt Romney's campaign did that in 2007/08 despite my telling them otherwise--he even sent me a Christmas card; my guess is that I'm still on Romney's call list. The questions were about who I voted for in the last republican primary and who would I like in the next one (glad they had an "other" button), what do I think of Pres Obama, his policies, etc. No doubt my answers will be puzzling to those GOP analysts.

Jody, Iowa (Sent Wednesday, July 01, 2009 9:39 AM)

Matt Doheny is a great addition to Republican politics. I am hopeful that the people of his district recognize the talent that has just arrived on their doorstep and vote accordingly. It's nice to see someone with some financial acumen looking to leave the fat wall street paycheck behind to enter the House of Representatives. The timing couldn't be better for our country.

John, NYS (Sent Wednesday, July 01, 2009 9:40 AM)

Jody -
are those annoying or what! I remember sitting watching Hardball, phone rings, let answering machine pick it up, OMG it was John McCain. That was the start of many, many of those damn calls. Thank goodness for call screening. I have no idea how they got our #. It was desperation if you ask me! Let's hit the democratic party with are calls, maybe they will jump on board. Another clueless tactic by the Party of No!!

cindy, las vegas, nv (Sent Wednesday, July 01, 2009 9:52 AM)

Please Joe Sestak give Arlene Specter an early retirement. These people who jump ship when the tide doesn't flow there way I'm very skeptical of. You know people like Leiberman, who when the people speak find a way to get around the vote. I suspect that Arlene will change his tune if the Repubs were to gain some political strength. Send Specter fishing already

Karin, IN (Sent Wednesday, July 01, 2009 9:53 AM)

Gee how come you didnt post comments on the J. Kerry appointments of family to ambassador ships...It show how money talks and the big boys continue politics as usual Whiel those who gave most the small guy gets what they created homelesness, no health care, jobs, food etc.....I wont worry they soon will be in our shoes they continue spending like there no end....well the end is comming

Russell Fox Wells, Me (Sent Wednesday, July 01, 2009 10:12 AM)

The problem with Christie and Corzine is that neither is the best candidate that could be produced. The biggest reason is that these guys can raise the money for the campaign. Christie seems to think that he can bully his way to a fiscally stable NJ; not really going to happen. Corzine was beginning to correct problems that were in created by past governors of both parties when the recession hit. No matter his good choices, the recession will be blamed on him.

S.B. Stein E.B. NJ (Sent Wednesday, July 01, 2009 10:14 AM)

Yet they glow over guys like Al Franken being voted in as if now, as long as they have another liberal vote, qualification means nothing. - Hypocracy
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Why don't you call him up and have a one on one debate about the matters of MN and national issues? Bet you might be surprised who comes out with the short end of the stick.

Allen - Omaha, NE (Sent Wednesday, July 01, 2009 11:06 AM)

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