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August 17, 2010 07:44 PM UTC

American Crossroads Running Anti-Bennet Ads

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  • by: Colorado Pols

As our friends at “The Fix” report, another outside group is running ads to help the candidacy of Republican Senate candidate Ken Buck:

American Crossroads, the conservative outside organization that has pledged to raise upwards of $60 million for the midterm elections, is spending nearly $1 million on new television ads in the Colorado and Ohio Senate races…

…The Colorado ad, funded by Crossroads GPS, a 501(c)(4) organization, hits appointed Sen. Michael Bennet (D) for a “spending spree” since coming to Congress early last year…

…American Crossroads is spending $500,000 on the Ohio ad and Crossroads GPS is dropping another $425,000 on the Colorado commercial, which is running in the Denver and Colorado Springs media markets. Both ads will run for a week.

While the group’s fundraising started slowly earlier in the year, the 527 wing reported raising $3.4 million in June alone — including $1.3 million from Public Storage Inc. Chairman B. Wayne Hughes.

Democrats have long fretted about spending from conservative-aligned groups in the final few months of the election erasing their financial edge heading into the fall. That advantage is much more pronounced on the House side — where the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee has a two-to-one cash edge over its Republican counterparts — but Senate Democrats also ended June with $2 million more in the bank than the National Republican Senatorial Committee.

Buck recently hired a new campaign manager, John Swartout, who will take over the role previously held by Walt Klein, who will continue to serve as the General Consultant for the campaign. It’s a nice job if you can get it — Managing a campaign without really having to worry about fundraising.

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27 thoughts on “American Crossroads Running Anti-Bennet Ads”

  1. would be if there were NOT out of staters running anti-Bennet ads. Buck must give these guys wet dreams, we’ve seen how aroused BJ gets by Buck.

    2. Sen. John McCain(R-AZ), Congressman Christopher Shays (R-CT) both co-sponsors and signed by President George W. Bush.

      I’m not a fan of major portions of the legislation but it did have bi-partisan support.  

        1. Oh yeah, the Club for Growth popularized the term. And who are they? Oh yeah, CEOs and rich libertarians.

          When will Republican voters get to decide what a Republican is? Chances are most Republicans are more moderate than what you consider a real R.

          2. is a dying breed thanks to the increasing radicalization of the Republican Party. Folks like Jeffords, Collins, Snowe are not likely to be replicated in future elections. If Republicans want to control their party again, instead of folks like Beck and Lamebaugh, they will need to support moderate candidates. Indeed the old model of the New England Republican..socially moderate/progressive, fiscally conservative is something worth advocating for.  

    1. My campaign manager is a democrat, and I answered her phone a couple times.

      First I got, President Obama, I was stunned, I almost hit the floor, I was just about to ask him where my check was when he was rumbling on about Senator Bennet, I realize this was a ROBO-CALL?!?!?!

      Then, another call came through. It was former President Clinton, I was just about to ask how the wedding went when he started rambling about Andy….again I was smashed.

      Is it me, or where there alot of this Robo-Calling this time around?

      BTW, when will happen if someone wins the US Senate without hitting the FEC? Guess we will have to see in November.

  5. Can you match the employment period to the quotes below?

    1. Colorado Coalition of Land Trusts Executive Director

    2. Colorado Oil & Gas Association Vice President, Policy and Government Affairs

    3. Great Outdoors Colorado Executive Director

    A. [Swartout said] that COGCC’s new regulations “create the most expensive, time-consuming and burdensome regulatory environment in the nation, all at a time when Colorado should be fighting to keep jobs.” OGJ

    B. “This project is a great example of the landscape scale protection …” [said Swartout]. TNC

    C. “Wildlife watching is a huge industry now,” [Swartout] added. – AP via CG

    All of this lends credence to Trevor Kincaid’s observation (following Buck’s hiring of Swartout):

    “Guess he [Buck] needs someone who can keep up with his constantly changing tune.” – fake link to DPSpot

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