Plunderbund

Sen Russ Feingold (D-WI)’s PAC, the Progressive Patriots Fund, has selected Sherrod Brown as a Progressive Patriot, and has contributed money and resources to Brown’s election campaign to unseat Mike DeWine.
HT Ohio2006.

From VoteVets.org.
Dear VoteVets.org supporter,
You are incredible! Since we unveiled this ad on Wednesday, which targets George Allen for voting against giving our troops the right body armor, donations have poured in fast and hard. On behalf of my fellow veterans, I thank you.
Reaction has been quick and strong, as well! DailyKos said […]

VoteVets.org is running an ad against Senator George “Macaca” Allen for voting against an appropriations bill amendment that would have provided National Guard and Reserves troops being deployed with adequate armor and supplies. It’s a powerful, simple ad.

DeWine voted with Allen.

Brown camp responds online to the latest DeWine “I’m an Indy porch ad”.
View the video and help the Brown campaign here.

Remember the DeWine cookie cutter Chamber ad? Guess what?
[cue Gomer Pyle] “Surprise, surprise, surprise!”
via PD: Drug industry group helped pay for ads backing DeWine and others
Washington - The pharmaceutical industry quietly footed the bill for at least part of a recent multimillion-dollar ad campaign praising lawmakers, including Sen. Mike DeWine of Ohio, who […]

Update: Russell on new DeWine ad - is Mike retarded or drunk?
Well, since Mikey got his ass handed to him with the last attack ad, he has decided to take the weiner route and sit on a porch and tout “bipartisanship”. Has anyone that’s been paying attention noticed any “bipartisanship” lately? I […]

When one reads how Max got behind Joe Lieberman - going so far as to let Joe compare himself to Max - you have to then wonder how this jives:
“Because if you don’t get this thing right - you’re spending $8 billion a month in Iraq - you’ll never be able to reinvest in the […]

You remember the cartoon “Baseball Bugs” featuring the Gashouse Gorillas and the Tea Totalers? Bugs takes over and plays every position. Encouraging himself on as pitcher, catcher Bugs shouts out “That’s the old pepper, boy! That’s the old pitchin’!”
That is the scene that popped into my head when I read this snippet […]

Another completely useless SurveyUSA poll is out and it shows Ted Strickland with a 22 point lead over Krazy Kenny Blackwell (57/35 for the good guys). Sherrod Brown leads by 8 points as well (49/41). In other news, “Other” is leading the Green Fitrakis by 2 points.
I can’t wait until the […]

Ohio: Senator Mike DeWine (R) joins a growing list of GOP incumbents who have fallen behind in their bid for re-election. Sherrod Brown (D) leads DeWine 44% to 42%. While that’s well within the margin of sampling error, it’s the second time in three polls that the Democrat has held the […]

Ohio shaping up as a disaster area for the GOP, or so says Robert Novak:
Republican senators at last week’s Tuesday luncheon meeting were stunned by news from Ohio of the Columbus Dispatch poll showing Sen. Mike DeWine behind his Democratic challenger, Rep. Sherrod Brown, by 8 percentage points.
The GOP senators had taken for granted that […]

Just a great line - really:
Mike DeWine’s Rick Moranis-like mug is, until further notice, the face of ugly politics in Ohio.
Williamson at The Other Paper puts Republican Mike DeWine in the Hall of Slime, right where he belongs.
(ht BSB)

The Plundercrew came through. Obtained a copy of the recently referenced Mike DeWine Chamber of Commerce ad. More desperation. The Chamber of Commerce will soon spend the most ever to maintain their stranglehold on the legislature via the corrupt Republican, ahum, I mean Independent Conservative Party. Roll Call (snippet from behind […]

First Deboarah Pryce couldn’t spell her own name. Then violates FEC rules. Now this:
(via FoxNews) WASHINGTON — The U.S. Chamber of Commerce began running ads Thursday praising Republican Rep. Steve Chabot for voting for the newly implemented Medicare prescription drug coverage.
One problem: Chabot voted against it when the plan passed in 2003.
Whoops.

via Forbes
Note to political candidates: The Federal Election Commission doesn’t want fundraisers using your name in vain. Even if you’re the one getting the cash.
At stake are joint political fundraisers, a common practice for politicians and their party organizations to cast a wider net for campaign dollars. To do that, they must register a joint […]