Club for Growth attacks Udall in new TV ad
Posted 8/18/2008 02:01:00 AM
The right-wing Club for Growth is out with a new TV ad in
Here’s the 30-second ad:
The ad chastises Udall for having voted against offshore drilling while also voting “for more government power to take private property” and “to keep the Death Tax,” according to a news release from the group.
“For Tom Udall, if it’s private property, he thinks the government should take it; if someone dies, Tom Udall thinks the government should tax it; but if it’s American oil, he thinks the government should leave it in the ground,” the news release states. It’s a line that’s similar to one used in the TV ad.
The group is spending $150,000 to run the ad for two weeks.
The ad doesn’t mention Udall’s election battle or his opponent, Republican Steve Pearce, but instead urges Udall to support a House bill to repeal provisions against offshore drilling.
The group endorsed Pearce in the primary and spent $200,000 on an ad attacking his opponent, Heather Wilson as a spendthrift liberal.
Meanwhile, Pearce was endorsed over the weekend by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.
“In the Senate, Steve Pearce will continue to be a champion for the people of
Labels: 2008 election, U.S. Senate race, Washington
2 Comments:
This is one worst ads I ever saw in a political campaign. The Club for Growth, a Republican war chest is helping Udall. We are really concerned for the death tax in New Mexico.
It is not hard to imagine why Pearce was endorsed by the Republican controlled U.S. Chamber of Commerce. Rolf Lundberg Jr. is senior vice president for Congressional and Public Affairs at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, which includes a team of 15 Republican lobbyists. Lundberg also manages and directs the U.S. Chamber’s political program, overseeing candidate endorsements. He has endorsed a few Democrats. From 1993 through 1997, Mr. Lundberg served as legal counsel to Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole and his successor, Senate Republican Leader Trent Lott. Lundberg served in the first Bush administration as principal deputy assistant secretary of commerce for Import Administration. In other words Mr. Lundberg is good Republican.
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