GOP plans $40M ad push for House races

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http://www.heraldnewsdaily.com/ViewArticle.aspx?id=1446&source=2

GOP plans $40M ad push for House races

WASHINGTON - House Republicans have reserved more than $40 million worth of television advertising time for the fall, most of it aimed at holding seats they control, particularly in the Midwest and Northeast.

In the Ohio River Valley, Reps. Steve Chabot of Ohio, Geoff Davis of Kentucky and Mike Sodrel of Indiana also are to benefit from advertising by the National Republican Congressional Committee.

House Democrats, for their part, previously reserved roughly $50 million in advertising time for the fall as they seek to pick up the 15 seats they need to win control of the House after a dozen years in the minority.

Democrats, for instance, have reserved advertising time to run barrages of commercials in most of the same GOP-held districts in the Midwest and Northeast where Republicans plan to defend their turf.

[babylonsister]

1. At this point, if a TV ad is going to change anyone's mind,

then they obviously haven't been paying any attention whatsoever. But I do feel for the people who will be subjected to the ads.

[jamesinca]

2. GOP $40 million plus Dem $50

That sounds like $90 million worth of BS. I am not a real big fan of any TV advertising, except when I need a bathroom break. But I am happy to see the Democrats actually going on the offensive and not just trying to protect and defend seats.

I would prefer $50 million spent on people knocking on doors and talking face to face. I want my next door neighbor to talk to me, not a TV ad.