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Campaigns Set For TV Finale
With 600 New Spots, Parties Will Top 2004 Race for Ad Spending
By Jonathan Weisman and Chris Cillizza
Washington Post Staff Writer
Friday, November 3, 2006; A01
The Republican and Democratic parties dumped tens of millions of
dollars this week on dozens of congressional races, locking up
broadcast time yesterday for a blizzard of new advertising that will
saturate the airwaves over the final weekend of the midterm campaign
season.
Candidates rushed out more than 600 new television ads ahead of
network deadlines for the weekend, with many Republicans trying to
shift attention from Iraq and President Bush to local issues such as
the environment, taxes and immigration. This final thrust will boost
spending on political and issue advertising past $2 billion in this
campaign, or $400 million more than in the 2004 presidential campaign,
according to Evan Tracey of the Campaign Media Analysis Group.
"Politics is probably the only business in the world where they spend
the most money when they have the least number of available customers
to pitch to," Tracey said.
Meanwhile, in Billings, Mont., President Bush kicked off a final
six-day campaign swing through heavily Republican states in hopes of
rallying disaffected supporters in time to save the endangered GOP
majorities in Congress.
Bush opened his tour in this conservative state in a bid to rescue
Sen. Conrad Burns, who has battled back from a big deficit against
Democratic challenger Jon Tester, and then headed to Nevada, where the
president appeared beside a House Republican candidate fighting to
hold on to a once-safe seat.
Bush's itinerary and message underscored the depth of the Republican
troubles this year -- particularly the president's low approval rating
and the strong opposition to the Iraq war -- and the last-minute White
House strategy for countering them. The 10 states the president plans
to visit before Tuesday's elections all voted for Bush in 2004; he is
staying away from battleground states such as Ohio, Pennsylvania,
Tennessee and Virginia, where many Republican candidates would rather
not campaign with him at this late hour.
In the final ad rush, it has grown difficult to tell which candidates
are Republicans and which are Democrats. Burns posted a new ad touting
the record of Montana's Democratic senator, Max Baucus, and saying he
has stood with Baucus while his opponent, Tester, would oppose him.
Rep. Sue W. Kelly, one of several Upstate New York Republicans in
trouble, boasts in her new ads of her record on clean air and water --
and her opposition to Bush's energy plan.
"I'm not always the most popular person with party leaders in
Congress," she says.
Rep. Michael E. Sodrel (Ind.), one of three highly endangered Hoosier
Republicans, treats his Democratic opponent, former congressman Baron
Hill, as the incumbent, striking a popular Democratic theme when he
charges that Hill voted for policies that send Indiana jobs to China.
Some Democrats are taking a similar tack. Idaho Democrat Larry Grant
accuses his Republican opponent, state Rep. William T. Sali, of
raising taxes, while Rep. Stephanie Herseth (D-S.D.) features
fresh-faced Dakotans beaming, "Mostly we want to thank Stephanie
Herseth for voting to strengthen national security."
But the candidates in the most jeopardy have come out swinging. Sen.
Rick Santorum (R-Pa.), who continues to trail his opponent badly in
the polls, released an ad featuring a young Iraq war veteran who
accuses Pennsylvania state Treasurer Robert P. Casey Jr. (D) of
investing billions of the state's dollars in companies that support
terrorists.
Democrat Francine Busby, in her third try for the San Diego area seat
once held by imprisoned former GOP congressman Randy "Duke"
Cunningham, lumped her opponent, Rep. Brian Bilbray (R), with
Cunningham, convicted lobbyist Jack Abramoff, indicted former House
majority leader Tom DeLay (R-Tex.) and disgraced former representative
Mark Foley (R-Fla.).
"We don't need another congressman in jail," the ad warns.
Campaign strategists rushed to book a final wave of TV ads before the
weekend. A look at financial reports filed yesterday with the Federal
Election Commission showed that, on Wednesday alone, the Democratic
Congressional Campaign Committee spent $12.4 million on advertising in
36 districts; the National Republican Congressional Committee spent
$5.9 million on commercials in 17 districts.
The expenditures by the two committees are reflective of their overall
strategies. Republicans are largely focusing their resources on the
campaigns of incumbents facing surprisingly tough reelection races, in
hopes of building a wall against a massive wave that could see
Democrats pick up 25 or more House seats.
The Democrats must pick up at least 15 seats to win control of the
House and six to win control of the Senate.
On Wednesday, the NRCC spent more than $2 million on ads for three
endangered Republicans in the Philadelphia media market. The committee
spent nearly $750,000 on behalf of Rep. David G. Reichert in
Washington's 8th District and an additional $445,000 in Sodrel's
Indiana district.
The DCCC, by contrast, is spending the bulk of its money on offensive
opportunities. Its largest expenditure -- $1.3 million -- was made on
behalf of Iraq war veteran Tammy Duckworth, who is running against
state Sen. Peter J. Roskam (R) for Illinois' open 6th Congressional
District seat. The district is covered by the Chicago media market --
one of the most expensive in the country.
The Democratic committee plunked down $718,000 on behalf of former
congressman Ken Lucas, who is trying to unseat Rep. Geoff Davis (R) in
northern Kentucky's 4th District, and $673,000 in Arizona's 5th
District, where Rep. J.D. Hayworth (R) is trying to fend off a
tougher-than-expected challenge from former Tempe mayor Harry Mitchell
(D). Mitchell recently won the endorsement of the Arizona Republic
newspaper, which had endorsed Hayworth in each of his past six runs
for Congress but this time referred to him as a "bully."
Republican Party committees appear to have depleted much of their cash
advantage, making it likely they will face tough decisions in the
campaign's final days, according to the Campaign Finance Institute, a
nonpartisan research group.
Between Oct. 19 and Nov. 1, national Republican committees reported
spending $50 million to support House and Senate candidates, compared
with $38 million spent by Democratic Party committees over the same 14
days.
Usually, the number of competitive districts goes down during a
campaign's final weeks. This year, the number of competitive House
seats went up. "As a result," the institute said, "the parties either
have to give up on some races to concentrate their resources, or
spread their resources more thinly than they had planned. This is a
problem for both parties, but particularly for the Republicans, who
are playing defense to save embattled incumbents."
With resources thinning, control of the Senate continues to teeter on
the outcome of races in three states: Missouri, Tennessee and
Virginia.
Missouri continues to be the truest of tossups, with internal tracking
polls for both parties showing the race between Sen. James M. Talent
(R) and state Auditor Claire McCaskill (D) within a percentage point
or two. Democrats are feeling increasingly optimistic about Virginia
as they believe former Navy secretary James Webb (D) is overtaking
Sen. George Allen (R).
The biggest disagreement between the two sides comes in Tennessee,
where Republicans spent the day touting a poll by Zogby International
that showed former Chattanooga mayor Bob Corker (R) opening a
substantial lead over Rep. Harold E. Ford Jr. (D), 53 percent to 43
percent. Later, the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee released
a poll of its own that showed Ford in the lead, 46 percent to 40
percent.
Staff writer Jeffrey H. Birnbaum contributed to this report.
Washington Post

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Il Sun, 5 Nov 2006 12:36:40 +0000 (UTC), "nurax"
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Mica vero. Leggiti la FAQ del NG. L'inglese e' esplicitamente previsto.
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commento, e' un abuso.
Am.