Republicans roll out early attack ads on Harry Reid
If you thought it was safe to turn on the television without seeing a political attack ad, think again. At least in Reno.
The National Republican Senatorial Committee this morning rolled out its first attack ad of the 2010 election cycle. And the target is Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid.
The ad notes that Reid voted for the $700-billion bailout package this year and supports President Obama's new stimulus package again this year. As a hammer slams into a piggy bank, the ad asks:
And now he wants a trillion more dollars in new spending? A trillion dollars? Tell Harry Reid to stop wasting our hard-earned money.
Last time we checked, Reid had $3 million in his campaign coffers and no strong Republican opponent.
But maybe the Republicans hope to repeat their feat as dragon-slayers from the 2004 election, when they targeted and defeated Majority Leader Tom Daschle of South Dakota, now, of course, President Obama's secretary of Health and Human Services.
-- Johanna Neuman
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Typical Republicans!
The Republicans caused this mess along with their big business friends. They don't care one bit about the rest of America despite all their posturing.
Never mind helping the average American -- the Republicans would rather hurt the Democrats and hurt the country than do the honorable thing and help all of America out of its mess.
Republicans are selfish, spoiled, and out of touch with reality.
Any Republican who tries to hinder any plan to help America get back on its feet needs to lose his/her job! Maybe they should have to try to live off of unemploymengt without healthcare....
Posted by: abby0802 | January 28, 2009 at 10:30 AM
The Repugnicans created this economic mess. Now they have the audacity to lambast those that want to resolve it?
Posted by: Larry Linn | January 28, 2009 at 11:46 AM
Nice diversionary tactics and very original too. Just blame the republicans. What in the video is not true? You want bipartisianship without admitting that the democrats have made many mistakes themselves. Wanna address Barney Frank asking Fannie and Freddie if they thought they needed additional oversite? Do you need to be reminded that the Congress has been controlled by the democrats since 2006? Let's have a discussion about facts not just point the finger at the republicans.
Posted by: PaulG78 | January 29, 2009 at 08:11 PM