NRCC dumps half a million dollars into WA-08 to smear Darcy
We always knew this was coming, but it's kind of a shock just to see the numbers at last. Massive amounts of money have just been dropped into Washington's 8th District with the aim of slowing down Darcy Burner's aggressive grassroots campaign with tons and tons of mud.
First there's the direct mail...
You can already see it an unSoundPolitics, where the volume of attacks on Darcy have increased dramatically as Stefan Sharkansky and his fellow hacks respond to direction from the Washington State GOP, which is incredibly nervous and worried about losing the 8th District.
In all, the NRCC sunk $9.3 million in independent expenditures into key races around the country today. 99% percent of it, unsurprisingly, was for negative advertising. The ad buy to smear Darcy was one of the largest expenditures made.
Darcy is going to need all the help she can get to fight these attacks. That means donating to her campaign as well as volunteering. Now is the time to make a difference. And now is the time to demonstrate to the NRCC that their fear and smear campaigns will not work.
First there's the direct mail...
MAJORITY COMMUNICATIONS INC.and then there's the television (and likely radio) advertising:
274 MARCONI BLVD.
SUITE 260
COLUMBUS, Ohio 43215
Purpose of Expenditure: Mailing Service
This Committee OPPOSES The Following Candidate: DARCY BURNER FOR CONGRESS
Office Sought: House of Representatives
State is Washington in District 08
Date Expended = 10/13/2006
Person Completing Form: CHRISTOPHER J. WARD
Date Signed = 10/13/2006
Amount Expended = $25,586.91
Calendar YTD Per Election for Office Sought = $1305170.71
STRATEGIC MEDIA SERVICESThat's roughly $50,000 short of half a million dollars. If you thought the attack ads were bad enough already, just wait until a few days from now. This is going to be an all out assault with no expense spared. Republicans are desperate and Dave Reichert is in serious, serious touble.
1023 31ST ST. NW
4TH FLOOR
WASHINGTON, DC 20007
Purpose of Expenditure: Issue Ad Placement
This Committee OPPOSES The Following Candidate: DARCY BURNER FOR CONGRESS
Office Sought: House of Representatives
State is Washington in District 08
Date Expended = 10/13/2006
Person Completing Form: CHRISTOPHER J. WARD
Date Signed = 10/13/2006
Amount Expended = $424,948.80
Calendar YTD Per Election for Office Sought = $1305170.71
You can already see it an unSoundPolitics, where the volume of attacks on Darcy have increased dramatically as Stefan Sharkansky and his fellow hacks respond to direction from the Washington State GOP, which is incredibly nervous and worried about losing the 8th District.
In all, the NRCC sunk $9.3 million in independent expenditures into key races around the country today. 99% percent of it, unsurprisingly, was for negative advertising. The ad buy to smear Darcy was one of the largest expenditures made.
Darcy is going to need all the help she can get to fight these attacks. That means donating to her campaign as well as volunteering. Now is the time to make a difference. And now is the time to demonstrate to the NRCC that their fear and smear campaigns will not work.
