October 31, 2006
The Hotline's Hot Senate Race Updates
Updated Race Rankings: House **** Senate **** Governors
According to two sources familiar with ad placements, the NRSC indie expenditure cmte has bought TV ad time in two Maryland markets, Baltimore and Salisbury, for a cost of approx. $470K. So far, the I.E. has not bought time in the DC market. (Hotline)
Bernadette Budde, the whip-smart senior vice president at BIPAC, thinks the MO Senate race will wind up being the closest in the country and may keep us up all night on 11/7. (C-SPAN watching)
In TN, ex-Sen. Fred Thompson cut an ad for Bob Corker. Thompson: "My dad brought me here (to the Ryman) a long time ago to see Hank Williams, Sr. Been coming back ever since. A Tennessee Tradition. Reminds me of this Senate race and who we trust to fight for the things we believe in, appoint good judges, and keep the reins on government. Well, for me it's Bob Corker. I've known Bob for a long time, and he's a man of integrity who will do what's right. The Senate sure could use a man like Bob Corker. Believe me, I know." CORKER: "I'm Bob Corker and I've approved this message" (release, 10/30).
In VA, Independent Green Party cand. Gail Parker "this week ... seems to be walking a tight rope between staying in and dropping out" of the race. Parker: "It's impossible for me to drop out. My name is on the ballot and will be on the ballot. We are talking or trying to open up lines of communication with the other candidates. Because I was shut out of the debates, they haven't heard my message." When "pressed about whether reports of her dropping out were a publicity stunt" she "was evasive." (Francis, DC Examiner, 10/31).
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