October 17, 2006
Yes Virginia, The RNC Is Advertising In Ohio, But...
The independent expenditure arm of the Republican National Committee begins the first in a series of television ads intended for broadcast throughout Ohio today. The National Republican Senatorial Committee is indeed off the air in the state, but Republican sources say that the NRSC long-planned to outsource Ohio media spending to the RNC IE three weeks before the election.
In other words, the NRSC would get in early, which they did, and the RNC would come in later, which they are. The size of this buy is unknown -- it appears to be about $700K -- but a week's worth of ads statewide costs in the neighborhood of $1M. If these ads have no effect, then the subsequent RNC IE ads -- if they exist -- will appear less frequently.
Don't see this new ad as a total repudiation of yesterday's New York Times story, the thrust of which hasn't been disputed. Republicans are down-shifting their commitment to the Senate race. They're not entirely abandoning it. Yet.
Script: “Times are tough in Ohio. Real tough. But unemployment taxes provide a safety net. It’s all some people have got. If someone didn’t pay their unemployment taxes, it would be a scandal. Especially an elected official, now running for public office. Especially if he didn’t pay them for 13 years.” Meet Congressman Sherrod Brown,
who didn’t pay his unemployment taxes for 13 years.” “The Republican National
Committee is responsible for the content of this ad."
Posted at 10:00 AM
Comments
Um... That's a pretty bold ad considering their "source" for the charge www.BrownCourtDocuments.com is an empty web page that says "Coming Soon". If this ad is up already is it ethical for the TV stations to run it if the RNC does not cite their actual evidence for making this charge?
Adam Terando | 10.17.06 10:52 AM
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Considering that the State of Ohio has even said that he paid the taxes as soon as the lein was filed, I would say that this is a bogus piece of advertising. The lein wasnt removed untill 2005 because he failed to file a lein release with the Lorain County Recorder until 2005.
Jim Bailey | 10.19.06 09:53 AM
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i haven't found a thing ohio republicans are for,only that they are against democrats.
sam horton | 10.19.06 06:43 PM
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