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2012 Players Guide
Author Archives: Eugene Kiely
NRCC Overstates Dems’ Voting Record with Pelosi
A number of new TV ads by the National Republican Congressional Committee purport to tell us how often a Democratic incumbent voted with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. But the ads overstate …
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Posted in Articles
Tagged Ben Chandler, Betsy Markey, Jim Marshall, Lincoln Davis, Nancy Pelosi, Stephanie Herseth Sandlin
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Would Miller ‘Destroy’ Alaska’s Economy?
In Alaska, a new group founded and financed by for-profit native corporations falsely charges in an ad that Republican Senate nominee Joe Miller’s proposals "would destroy a third of Alaska’s economy" by erasing "our fair share of federal dollars." A conservative, Miller advocates less federal spending — but he hasn’t …
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Posted in The FactCheck Wire
Tagged Alaskans Standing Together, Cash Attack, Joe Miller, Lisa Murkowski
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Toss-ups: Missouri Mudslinging
Ethics has become a theme in the Missouri Senate race, and we find that both candidates are distorting the facts in TV ads that make accusations of serious ethical lapses: Republican Rep. Roy Blunt claims without evidence that Democrat Robin Carnahan’s …
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Tagged Missouri Senate race, Robin Carnahan, Roy Blunt, stimulus, toss-ups
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A New Twist on an Old Tax Attack
Democrats and their allies can’t get enough of the Americans for Tax Reform tax pledge — which, as we’ve reported, they’ve falsely equated in a number of ads with “protecting tax loopholes for companies that ship jobs overseas.” Still, Democrats continue …
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Posted in Articles
Tagged Bill Owens, Charlie Baker, Chris Murphy, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Denny Heck, Frank Kratovil
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Tea Party Express
Conservative group that supports the tea party movement; founded by Republican strategist Sal Russo.
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Posted in Players Guide
Tagged Cash Attack, Players Guide, Sal Russo, Tea Party Express
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Murkowski vs. Tea Party, Round 2
Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski and the Tea Party Express are at it again. Murkowski, who is running for reelection as a write-in candidate after losing the GOP nomination to a tea party-backed candidate, has asked Alaska TV stations not to air a Tea Party Express ad that she calls "false, misleading …
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Posted in The FactCheck Wire
Tagged Frank Murkowski, Joe Miller, Lisa Murkowski, Sarah Palin
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No Truth to ‘No Bid’
In Florida’s gubernatorial race, Republican candidate Rick Scott claims his Democratic opponent, Alex Sink — the state’s chief financial officer — “funneled” $770,000 in "no-bid contracts" to her former employer, Bank of America. That’s not true. Sink was not the principle decision-maker, and there was plenty of open competition for …
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Alabama Mystery Solved
The mystery of who was behind a largely bogus attack ad in Alabama’s Republican gubernatorial runoff election has been solved. The answer: the Alabama Education Association, an organization headed by the co-chairman of the state Democratic Party. But don’t look for the answer in the state Elections Division. You have …
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Posted in The FactCheck Wire
Tagged Bradley Byrne, campaign finance, Cash Attack, Robert Bentley
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Scott’s Prisoner Release Plan?
The Florida Police Benevolent Association takes a half-baked proposal to an illogical conclusion in a new TV ad that invites Floridians to think that Republican gubernatorial candidate Rick Scott wants to shutter state prisons and free hardened criminals. The ad — “Rick Scott is Florida’s Worst Nightmare” — was released Sept. …
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Rep. Grayson Lowers the Bar
We thought Democratic Rep. Alan Grayson of Florida reached a low point when he falsely accused his opponent of being a draft dodger during the Vietnam War, and of not loving his country. But now Grayson has lowered the bar . . .
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Tagged abortion, abuse, Alan Grayson, Daniel Webster, marriage, women
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